Hours after being inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump scurried into Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena to sign a flurry of executive orders before a crowd of rabid...
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...
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”...
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...
“Kamala Harris was such a great candidate when she first launched her campaign but now it's like I'm barely tolerating her. She's dragging the party closer in the direction of the Republican Party and...
Chappell Roan’s “Casual” blared from the Alumnae Green speakers as my newfound friends and I danced to the raunchy lyrics, idyllic in the combined anxiety and joy of being freshly moved into college....
The 2024 Presidential Election has and will likely continue to dominate the news cycle as we march towards November. It can sometimes be difficult to analyze how Wellesley students feel about the continual...