by Oluwabomi Fagbemi | Feb 25, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
Partisan polarization plays a huge role in American politics, with the Democrats and Republicans running a (nearly) closed shop in a winner takes all system. For the most part, partisanship points towards a successful democracy. Competition for votes is necessary as...
by Mohamed Farah | Feb 24, 2018 | Ohio State University
After some back and forth, much to the dismay of both Democratic and Republican leadership in congress, the Trump white house settled on wanting border security funding (upwards of 25 billion) and the ending of lottery visas in exchange for a pathway to citizenship...
by Lei Guo | Feb 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
On January 9th this year, a San Francisco United State District Judge —- Alsup rules the remaining of in effect of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which program Trump Administration has decided to end. President Trump comes back at this ruling with...
by Jackson Schumacher | Feb 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
Following a protracted political maelstrom in late January, House republicans voted along party lines to release the controversial Nunes memo and not a counter memo composed by the Democratic Party. In the days following the release, the white house and congressional...
by Ethan Gruber | Feb 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
After a relative silence on the topic, President Trump vowed to re-examine libel laws in the United States. This pledge, coming on the heels of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, surely comes with an intent to limit the ability of the press and other news organizations...
