Progressives: The True Losers of the Biden-Trump Debate

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden at the first presidential debate for the 2020 election in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo Courtesy of ABC News. Tuesday’s reality TV nightmare…

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When Does Populism Work in America?

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders speaking at rallies. Photo courtesy of NBC News. In recent years, leading voices across the American political spectrum have begun to sound eerily alike. The…

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The Need For Vote-By-Mail Elections

Pictured: A vote-by-mail ballot enclosed in an envelope.Photo courtesy of Vox.com. The COVID-19 crisis has seemingly brought the entire United States to a standstill. Social distancing and stay-at-home orders have…

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One Small Step for Women, One Giant Leap for Tomorrow’s Women

Along with many other women this past week, I felt a little disillusioned when Senator Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the 2020 Presidential race. Now, we must wait another four years to have a chance at finally calling someone Madam President.

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Why Not Talk About Recession Contingency For 2020?

Courtesy of TradiMo. “I don’t think [economic] expansions just die of old age,” said Janet Yellen, which was followed by Ben Bernanke saying, “I like to say they get murdered.”…

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The Young Don’t Vote and Bernie Won’t Change That

Photo courtesy of The New Yorker. With New Hampshire now behind us, the Democratic primary field seems to have narrowed down significantly. Septuagenarians Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden, have wasted…

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The Battle Hymn of the Oligarch

Image courtesy of Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer. The apocalypse had arrived. The New Hampshire Democratic primary was close, and the Iowa caucus an abject disaster. Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight ominously forecasted that…

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