Tag / democrats
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Lessons From The (Supposedly) Deep Blue
BY SAMUEL KLEIN What a dramatic evening. The Senate flipped, the House was reinforced, and gubernatorial upsets were plenty. Many races expected to be practically guaranteed to go left were too close to call hours after the polls closed. One of the biggest shockers of the night hit me close to home, happening in the…
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Cleveland , Chicago, Conventions and the Media
BY RYAN THIER “AND WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GESTAPO TACTICS IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO.” – SENATOR ABE RIBICOFF 1968 was a turbulent year in the United States, with cultural and political unrest explosively culminating in Chicago’s conflagration of a Democratic National Convention. The chaos,…
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Redistricting Matters
BY ZACH THOMAS Redistricting is the way in which we adjust the districts in order to determine who represents us. Everyone in the United States lives in different districts. Members of Congress and state legislators are elected from these districts, and at least once per decade, the district lines are redrawn, block by block. In…
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The Concern with Energy Apathy
BY ALEXANDER BEAULIEU I believe the earth gets warmer and I also believe the earth gets cooler. And I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man, through the production of CO2 is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd. -Rick Santorum I think there…
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The Fast Track to Free Trade
BY CHRIS GIBSON As the United States draws closer to completing a major trade agreement with eleven Asian and Latin American countries including Japan and Australia, attention is turning away from the negotiating table and towards Congress. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is completed, each individual member country must pass the agreement according to its…
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Is Texas Finally Feeling Blue?
BY ALEX BEAULIEU No one said it was possible. No one believed anyone could accomplish such a feat. Even the rather liberal New York Times declared that, “turning Texas blue – or even purple – is going to be a lot harder than most folks imagine.” But has the time finally arrived? Can one state…
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A Medical Emergency: When States Opt Out of Providing Care
This past May, the Republican-controlled legislature in Missouri voted to opt out of the federal government’s upcoming Medicaid expansion. This decision is not unique to Missouri—25 other states have opted out as well, claiming that the increased tax burden of a Medicaid expansion outweighs its benefits. The majority of states that rejected Medicaid are poor,…