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  • Welcome to My House

    As the 2018 Midterm elections approach, the focus is on the race for control of the House of Representatives. The upcoming November election presents the Democratic Party with the best opportunity to win the House since they lost it during the GOP wave in 2010. Democrats point to recent successes in special elections in Alabama…

  • Don’t Lose The Fights You Pick

    Breaking news cascades at a breakneck pace in this interminable 24-hours news cycle. Scandals come and go in the blink of an eye. Political careers are ended left, right, and center. The global order seems to teeter on the edge of catastrophe. As engaged citizens, one must take the time to filter, analyze, and contextualize…

  • 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…

  • Uncontroversial Contraceptives

    BY ALICIA YANG A diverse coalition of actors agree that birth control should be offered over the counter. Most Democrats, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, several anti-abortion Republican Senate nominees, and presumably many women have reached this consensus just a month before midterm elections. This sudden shift has been met with criticism from…

  • The 2014 Senate Elections

    BY KEVIN DEUTSCH The Playing Field Normally, President Obama’s lackluster approval rating (low 40s) would indicate Democrats are set to take huge losses in both houses of congress. This isn’t the case. The Republican Party is also unpopular. And the ongoing conflict between moderates and the Tea Party keeps the GOP from selling a coherent…