by Ginger Li | Mar 18, 2018 | Yale University
On February 21, 2018 at the New Haven City Hall, the Education Committee of the New Haven Board of Alders convened for a “Workshop on the Welfare of the Recent Student Arrivals from Puerto Rico.” New Haven-area public schools have been working to integrate students in...
by Shravan Balaji | Mar 11, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
During the last weekend of February, I took it upon myself to return to my home state of New Jersey to attend an general meeting of our county’s “Young Democrats” meeting. A friend of mine with whom I had previously worked on a campaign was one of the main...
by Ron Fornaro | Mar 8, 2018 | Ohio State University
Polarization is a real threat to democracy[1], and civic groups like Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) can play an important role in closing the gap between groups by trying to correct polarized media, engaging those with different polarized views, and using...
by Ra'shad Johnson | Mar 7, 2018 | Georgia State University
The democratic gem, the United States, is undergoing extensive backsliding due in part to gerrymandering. Gerrymandering by definition means to divide – to divide a state into districts as to unfairly give a political party an advantage in a majority of...
by Wyeth Taylor | Mar 2, 2018 | Skidmore College
Today it is undeniable one of the most divisive issues in American politics is centered around gun control. It is a deeply partisan issue, with the core value of the Second Amendment struggling against the prevalence of mass shootings against civilians using...
