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(02/18/19 10:38pm)
“Let’s play a lightning round game,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee last week. In the few minutes to follow, the New York Congresswoman brilliantly outlined the corrupt system that political candidates take advantage of.
(11/02/18 12:18am)
I keep reading the names to myself: Bernice Simon. Sylvan Simon. Melvin Wax. Daniel Stein. Irving Younger. Rose Mallinger. Jerry Rabinowitz. Joyce Feinberg. Richard Gottfried. Cecil Rosenthal. David Rosenthal. While I don’t know any of these victims personally, too many of my friends and family from northeast Ohio share these same names.
(09/28/17 2:02am)
Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day. I spent time registering voters throughout the day with other members of the Ohio University College Democrats. Around 9 p.m., I was with a friend registering the last few voters of the day in Baker Center while it was still open.
(09/14/17 2:27am)
I’m not writing this column to argue what the scientific community already has concluded about climate change and its impact on our planet. That debate has been settled. As communities in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean begin the long and costly recovery from Hurricane Harvey and Irma, our most serious national discussion yet on climate change must emerge.
(09/08/17 1:08am)
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in the latest display of weak and cowardly leadership (or lack thereof) by President Trump and his White House, announced Tuesday the administration’s plan to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
(08/30/17 1:16am)
In the aftermath of the tragedy and violence that occurred in Charlottesville this month, the debate across the United States quickly became about whether or not we should be removing statues and other public historical monuments celebrating the Confederate States of America.
(04/19/17 12:38am)
Clancy Thomas, a freshman studying history and political science, saw something she did not like in Ohio Senate Bill 21 last week. She didn’t complain about it out loud, nor did she send an angry tweet about it. All she did was pick up her phone and call the office of State Senator Sandra Williams (D-21) of Cleveland, who was a co-sponsor of the bill at the time, to express her concern.
(04/11/17 11:53pm)
The Russian scandal. The Syrian Civil War. Health care law reform. Amidst all the noise about our politics at the national level regarding President Donald Trump, it’s crucial that we don’t ignore policy that will significantly impact many Ohioans at the state level as well.
(04/04/17 11:01pm)
In February, U.S. Representative Steve Stivers (R, OH-15) returned home to his heavily gerrymandered district, only to meet with constituents who could make the trip to Columbus on a weekday. I, along with two other OU students, was one of the few constituents who was able to take the time out of my schedule for a meeting with our congressman.
(03/29/17 12:46am)
If you’ve seen Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel’s TV advertisements, you can thank yourself for paying for that. Conveniently, a month before Mandel announced his campaign to challenge incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown’s seat in 2018, he released TV ads featuring himself with Urban Meyer promoting STABLE savings accounts.
(03/21/17 10:49pm)
The state of Ohio sends 16 representatives to the U.S. Congress. Four of them are Democrats, and 12 are Republicans. All of these members of Congress have one thing in common: they easily won re-election in 2016. Ohio congressional Democrats won their elections by a combined 42.8 points, and the Ohio Republicans won by a combined 34 points.
(03/15/17 1:02am)
In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, approved by Congress, appropriated $300 million dollars to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program. This program, which has significant bipartisan support, has been effective in preventing invasive species and harmful algae blooms from spreading in order to protect the freshwater ecosystem.
(03/01/17 4:00am)
We got our first glimpse at President Donald Trump’s federal budget proposal for Congress on Monday. Addressing the nation’s governors, Trump outlined his plan to increase the federal military budget by $54 million while cutting the budget for various domestic programs. One inexpensive, yet vital, domestic program likely to be cut is the National Endowment for the Arts.
(02/22/17 1:11am)
Last Thursday, a water main broke in Athens. Residents and Ohio University students had to deal with a boil alert from Thursday through early Saturday morning. While the tap water was not drinkable and bathrooms out of order, many students rejoiced in a day of class cancellation known as #NoWaterFest2017. Some people enjoyed this, others found it inconvenient. For good reason, some complained about having to use porta-johns.
(02/15/17 11:07pm)
Each year, members of Congress designate one week in February to return home to their district to meet with constituents to listen to their questions and concerns. The most effective way of doing this is by holding public town hall events throughout the district. Town halls give constituents the opportunity to gather and have an open discussion with their elected officials.
(02/09/17 1:40am)
By middle school, most students in the United States can explain the basic, yet key principle to our democracy: checks and balances. We all know the federal government is divided into three main branches that check each other with equal power: legislative, judicial and executive. Yet in the opening weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, it’s apparent that he either doesn’t understand that concept or simply doesn’t care about it. Whether it’s the former or the latter, Americans should be very concerned.
(02/02/17 4:58am)
The 2016 presidential election was a long, controversial and ugly campaign for both sides. The unpopularity of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump resulted in low voter turnout among young people compared to previous elections. Nov. 8 came and went, and now we’re left with Donald Trump as president with Republican control of the House and Senate. It’s no secret that youth voters are mostly democrats, and recent protests in response to President Trump across the country prove that many Americans aren’t happy with our politics.