Politics

The Battle for the Nomination Continues: The Fourth Democratic Debate

In what was the largest field of primary candidates to take the same stage on the same night, the Democratic presidential hopefuls met in Westerville, Ohio, to continue to try to gain support for their campaigns. Hosted by CNN...

Supreme Court Prepares to Tackle LGBT and Reproductive Rights

Since the nomination of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the bench, both the Right and the Left have hypothesized the future of the Supreme Court. Will the conservative majority court strike down Roe v. Wade? Will the Affordable...

Is Iran a Democracy?

Democracy vs. Democratic Is Iran a Democracy? It seems like a straightforward question, yes or no. A democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Is...

Recapping the Third Democratic Debate

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, ten Democratic candidates for President took the stage at Texas Southern University in Houston to make their case to Democratic voters as to why they should be the nominee to take on President Donald...

Ten Dems Battle Again: The Third Democratic Debate

As the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination ramps up, optimistic Democrats continued to push their ideas in the third Democratic debate. With the Iowa Caucus on the horizon, candidates continue to set themselves apart, hoping to take on...

Medicare for All: A New Perspective on Health Care

Six months ago, the nation was embroiled in a contentious midterm election cycle. Now, many major characters in the running for the Democratic nomination in 2020 have already begun their campaigns. Just like in 2016 with the Republican Party,...

2020 Hopeful Kamala Harris Campaigns in Dallas

The great state of Texas may already have two Presidential hopefuls in former El Paso Congressman and Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke and former US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, but it’s California Senator Kamala Harris that...

What’s Going on in Venezuela?

Murder rates are at an all-time, worldwide high. The average citizen has lost more than 20 pounds in the last two years. Diseases spread quickly as food and medicine are in severe shortage. One in five people are out...

Reviewing Trump’s 2019 SOTU Speech

On February 5, 2019, President Donald J. Trump gave his second State of the Union speech. His speech was delivered not long after he and Congress came to a deal to end the government shutdown, which caused the event...