“My heart thudded in a black plastic bag, its heartbeat gradually snuffed out as North Carolina turned red, then Georgia, and finally Pennsylvania,” wrote a close friend from Beijing, currently a first-year...
An overwhelming majority of Wellesley students voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, an anonymous survey conducted by The Wellesley News found.
This comes as former President Donald Trump defeated...
With Wellesley College consisting of a diverse student body, it's no surprise the recent historic election and its results have produced a variety of reactions influenced by every student's unique background....
Following the results of the historic 2024 election, students and faculty have taken different approaches to discussing the election in classrooms. While some addressed the election results in class, other...
When Trump was announced as the winner of the US presidential election, many people were in fear of a seismic shift in America’s political climate, but especially for those who are marginalized. As a...
Phoebe Rebhorn, Managing Features Editor
| November 13, 2024
Abby Garber ’27 probably has a better understanding of why the presidential election results ended up the way they were than most people on campus.
Garber, a religion and political science double...
Going into the presidential election, many news organizations and pollsters commented on the increasing number of young men participating in right-wing rallies and conservative organizing. Many drew the...
Betting on elections has long been a part of politics, both in the US and around the world. However, recent years have seen gambling and wagers on elections skyrocket, with “up to several billion dollars”...
Dear Wellesley students, I am sorry. This past week we have faced one of the greatest disappointments imaginable, and I am sorry that you will spend your early adulthood putting your all into resistance.
I...
In the immediate aftermath of Kamala Harris' loss of the 2024 election, I, like many people, had unfortunate flashbacks to 2016. Flashbacks of waking up the day after Election Day and being informed by...
The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission removed limits on donations to political campaigns in order to protect free speech. 14 years later, a Pennsylvania...
In the 2024 campaign, one line was repeated over and over again: “Kamala Harris has built a broad coalition, from Taylor Swift to Dick Cheney.” Whether it was delivered in the smiling, jovial manner...
