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Youth Political Engagement and Hope Ahead of the 2020 Election

With the 2020 presidential election fast approaching, youth may very well represent a deciding voter base in favor of the Democratic Party. Political engagement is higher among youth voting for Democratic candidates and turnout continues to increase across young voters.

The Future of Federalism

Among the pressing political issues addressed in the first Democratic debate for the 2020 presidential race this past June, one topic — while not...

Schedule I Sacrament

Even amidst ongoing debates about the legalization of cannabis, a growing number of medical experts and activists seem to think that Americans might have...

Food Fight: The Debate over GMOs and Food Labeling

There’s an old saying that goes, “Once in your life, you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, or a preacher. But everyday, three...

A Leftward Shift? The 2018 U.S. Senate Race in Arizona

One of the most remarkable election victories this season was that of Democrat Kyrsten Sinema who won the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona vacated...

A Long Time to Deliberate: Kavanaugh’s Decidedly Conservative Court

The nomination of Kavanaugh and subsequent creation of a definitively conservative Court will likely not result in the immediate overturn of cases like Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges. Kavanaugh’s nomination therefore poses a threat not to the existence of these rights and practices themselves — abortion, same-sex marriage, and race-based affirmative action among them — but rather the ease and extent to which citizens will be able to enjoy them.

Safety in El Salvador

The political conversation today is rife with debate surrounding immigration. Whether legal or illegal, many immigrants threatened by the actions of the Trump administration...

Harvard Youth Poll: Millennials Not Locked and Loaded

According to a recent survey of 2,631 individuals aged 18 to 29 conducted by the Harvard Public Opinion Project, millennials broadly support gun control...

Can Democrats Win in the South?

On one remarkable night in December, red, white, and blue confetti rained down on supporters of Senator-elect Doug Jones. The Birmingham Sheraton Hotel was...

Why Domestic Terror Must Be Criminalized

On August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his Dodge Charger into a crowd of peaceful counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. One woman was...