Who To Vote For
Still don’t know who to vote for? There are eight major Democratic presidential candidates left. In this article, I’ll go through five of...
Shon Loftus (MCLA ‘21)
Shon Loftus (MCLA ‘21)
Political science major
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A National Primary
One of the most traumatic years for the U.S. was in 1968. In one year, both Sen. Robert Kennedy and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. were...
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Why Sanders or Warren Won’t Win the Nomination
In the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) won 43 percent of the national Democratic vote, defeating fmr...
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The Blue Wave Continues
Democrats had a good election on Nov. 5, seeing gains in Kentucky, a state Pres. Donald Trump won by 33 points, and Virginia, once seen as...
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2019: Year Of The Protest
A government so corrupt and dysfunctional that an entire nation is left without waste collection services, electricity and water. Anger...
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October Polling Numbers
With less than four months to go before the first votes are cast for the 2020 presidential primaries, the contest is heating up for the...
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States Fooled by Media Coverage on Vaping Epidemic
Climate change, gun control and LGBT or women’s rights seem to be the political issues with significant support from voters my age. But...
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Iranian-Saudi-US Tensions Remain High
On Saturday, Sept. 14, two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province were attacked by drones, causing large explosions and...
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Warren and the Electoral College
I have a question. But first, I want to say that the Electoral College, in my opinion, is an undemocratic body that needs to be abolished...
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Christchurch
24 years ago, on March 16, 1995, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by all 50 states. Mississippi, which had not...
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Best Democrat To Beat Trump
There are now seven major candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, and the field is breaking records in all categories...
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2019 Midwest Polar Vortex
The polar vortex in the US Midwest has killed 21 people. A total of 250 million Americans experienced the conditions of the vortex in one...
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2020 Democratic Potentials
As in past Thanksgivings, you probably avoided talking about politics this past Thursday. But some high-profile (and not so well-known)...
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How Democrats Won and What That Means
114 million. That’s how many people voted in this year’s election. The last time over 100 million people voted in a midterm election was…...
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The Idiocy of Shiny Pokémon
This past Sunday, “Pokémon Go” held its worldwide Beldum community day. Players got an increased chance to catch the iron ball Pokémon and...
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How A Democracy Dies
Thumbnail photo: President-elect Donald Trump with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 10, 2016. Zach Gibson, Getty...
