On Tuesday, millions of California voters will fill out ballots to decide whether or not Gavin Newson will keep his job as the Governor of California. How exactly did this happen, and what does it mean?
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Gavin Newsom has been in front of…
As Democrats grapple with increasingly stringent opposition in traditionally conservative states, Texas just passed its most restrictive abortion law, restricting procedures to pregnancies without a fetal heartbeat.
According to the National Institutes of Health, women, on average, find out about their pregnancies in between the fifth and sixth weeks of…
For the first time during his presidency, Joe Biden has an approval rating under fifty percent: according to recent averages, 48.9% of Americans disapprove of the President’s job performance. What exactly does it mean?
As the debacle in Afghanistan unfolds and the Biden administration deals with one of its first…
The Biden administration’s decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan after over a trillion dollars and 20 years of resources spent has had massive implications for the region: in what seems like barely any time, the Taliban has run into Kabul, forcing the President of Afghanistan out of the country…
Every 10 years, the United States government collects data on who, where, and how people live around the country. This year, the census presents a new challenge, pushing states to rush statutory deadlines to redistrict and reallocate seats within their legislatures.
It’s no secret that the United States will soon be a majority-minority country and that ethnicities are changing rapidly. However, this demographic shift has major implications for America’s political scene, both alleviating and raising concerns for various political groups.
In March, Andrew Cuomo was at the top of the political world, his response in New York was lauded by the Democrats as excellent, and many thought that he had a future in federal politics. However, since, almost a dozen women have come forward, accusing him of sexual harassment in the workplace, and a recent report by the Attorney General confirms their reports. What does it mean for his future in politics?
In a video statement later in the day, Cuomo denied the allegations, but the report did not stop New York lawmakers to call for him to step down. Indeed, he is now under more pressure to resign than ever, as Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi have now called for his…
In recent months, Democrats and Republicans have been working on a major infrastructure bill, one which will likely define bipartisanship for the near future. What’s in it, and why does it matter?
Over the past decade, politics seems to have become more and more polarizing: gridlock has become far too…
Over the past week, the governor of the Lone Star state has threatened to have a number of legislators arrested and brought to the state house to vote on a bill that they left the state to protest. …
While ranked-choice voting has already been used in a number of municipalities and the state of Maine, it’s still a relatively untested system. This past week, however, it was tested in a new and much larger district: New York City.
After dealing with an accidental vote release, a number of nationally recognizable candidates, and attention from around the country, New York’s Democratic primary election, and likely its ultimate winner, was finally decided: Eric Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, was chosen as the nominee.
What makes this election unique isn’t so…
Donald Trump’s biggest legacy hasn’t been in law, policy, or bureaucracy, despite all the changes he made through those avenues: it’s the three justices he appointed to give the conservatives a supermajority on the high court.
Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has gone through a major change…
