The case for Bernie Sanders

The 2020 election presents us with the opportunity to nominate someone to take down President Trump in the general election and serve to fight for progress. Who better than Senator Bernie Sanders? Sanders is clearly the top leader in this race when it comes to grassroots support. In Q4 alone, his campaign raised a staggering $34.5 million — nearly $10 …

The case for Joe Biden

2020 brings us a pivotal DNC primary race with the opportunity to pit one candidate against President Trump. The man for the job? Former Vice President Joe Biden. As a Monmouth University poll conducted in December 2019 found, voters are more likely to vote for a candidate with political experience rather than an outsider (56% to 35%). A February 2019 …

Prison Polls: a look into voting disenfranchisement for those still incarcerated

When Ava Duvanay debuted her latest Netflix Series “When They See Us,”  American citizens were forced to reexamine their views on our nation’s incarcerated and challenge racialized stigma of those behind bars. For decades, suffrage for marginalized people affected by voting disenfranchisement has been reformed in many states. For example, this past November, voters in Florida favored giving felons the …

Putin — Statement

Earlier today, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin announced that he would push through reforms that would shift some of the powers of the presidency to the Russian parliament and the prime minister. Putin intends to let parliament choose candidates for prime minister and the cabinet as well as setting a two-term limit for the presidency.  This reform would severely weaken …