In the Face of Trump’s Misinformation, Warnings Emerge [EMMA WENNBERG, October 30, 2019] From exaggerated voter fraud to depictions of migrant caravans to stories of his own sexual prowess, Donald Trump propagates lies seemingly constantly. The Washington Post reports that from several examples of speeches and interviews, he has said Read more…
Greta Thunberg is here to stay. [Amy Xiang, October 6, 2019] Early last week, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunburg delivered a passionate speech at the annual United Nations Climate Action Summit, where she pleaded with officials to address the climate crisis head-on. Perhaps the most powerful part of her speech Read more…
If Trudeau is meant to be the best choice in this election, he needs to reconsider the stances he’s taking on issues like climate change and secularism laws and follow through on the empty promises he keeps on making. Be the progressive leader we want you to be. We’re counting on it.
The time has come for the most important election of our lives. Many of us have been waiting for these Midterms mainly so that we could pick up seats in the House and Senate, but also to send the Republicans a message, that they cannot continue to lie, use racist Read more…
This summer, I interned on a gubernatorial campaign in my home state of Colorado. This campaign marked my first real political activity, my first opportunity to look directly at how people engage with campaigns as canvassers, volunteers, interns, and voters. Colorado has made it relatively easy to participate in primary Read more…
The Midterm Elections are less than a month away, and for Democrats to win control of the Senate, we will need to win some seats in red states. This year’s Senate map is pretty unfriendly, since Democrats are defending a lot of seats that they held onto in the 2012 Read more…
Disappointingly, yet utterly unsurprisingly, Brett Kavanaugh is now a Supreme Court Justice. Liberals, moderates, and anyone in favor of actually vetting nominees are furious. So, many Liberals are asking, where do we go from here? For some on Twitter or in opinion columns, the solution to this problem is add Read more…
On Friday, September 21st, former President and veritable grassroots Democratic superhero Barack Obama addressed a crowd of misty-eyed supporters, awestruck children, and everyone in between at a rally in support of Democratic Senator Bob Casey and Governor Tom Wolf. President Obama, obviously, talked about the cruciality of exercising our voting Read more…
I’m from Phoenix, Arizona and let me be the first to say it is not always sunny in Philadelphia, but it was on September 15 as I boarded a bus with about twenty other Penn Dems members for the first canvass of the year. After casually speaking with Seventh Congressional Read more…
The death penalty has been a controversial issue for decades, but unlike many other issues it does not have a clear partisan divide one way or the other. Typically, more Democrats than Republicans oppose the death penalty, but 32 percent of Democrats still support the death penalty, and among its Read more…