This year’s general election is slated to be one of the most significant in New York City’s modern political history. Thirty five council seats and the mayorship are currently up for grabs, and the outcome of the election is certain to shape the course of the city’s future in the years ahead. With debates raging […]
On March 6, #StandWithRand was the hashtag trending worldwide on Twitter. On that day, Senator Rand Paul, the junior Senator from Kentucky, pulled off a 12 hour and 52 minute filibuster of the nomination of President Obama’s candidate for CIA Director, John Brennan. While some have called Senator Paul’s filibuster a waste of time, many […]
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state on November 30. Out of the 193 member states of the GA, 138 voted in favor of Palestine, with 41 abstentions and 9 votes against the measure, including the United States and Israel. What is perhaps most surprising about the […]
And so we have come to a time for choosing. In what is rarely a commonplace occurrence among the nations of the Earth, America has prided itself in the peaceful transfer of authority. Every four years, the duty of selecting our next Commander-in-Chief falls on the shoulders of none other than We the People. We […]
I was dissatisfied by what I considered to be a lack of progressive-minded students at Baruch College, a business school whose students often have a strong libertarian streak. Baruch has a politically conservative club, Young Americans for Liberty, as well as tons of business-related clubs. I could find none for progressive and left-wing politics. I […]
