Domestic Issues Aaron Loder Domestic Issues Aaron Loder

Iowa was a Mess and it Needs to Be Fixed

“The Iowa caucuses have been nothing short of a disaster. Before they began, full results were expected by the end of the night. It has now been over one week since Iowa, and there is still no official winner...Initial problems began when the Shadow App, an application used to vote in certain precincts, crashed.”

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Domestic Issues Reed Schwartz Domestic Issues Reed Schwartz

The Rent is Too Damn High: Unpacking California's Complicated Relationship with Housing

“An economy previously built on dispersed manufacturing has transitioned to white-collar jobs in urban areas like California’s Silicon Valley, and the supply of new housing hasn’t been remotely close to keeping pace with the increasing demand.[2] Yet, it hasn’t always been this way — and it doesn’t have to be now.”

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Domestic Issues Jack Jontz Domestic Issues Jack Jontz

Data Privacy

“It’s all too easy to take for granted all of the ways technology has improved our lives. But as in most things, some have benefitted from the technological revolution more than others. And the ones who’ve gained the most have done so largely in the shadows, packaging and selling their product to anyone who can pay the price. This ever-growing industry is Big Data. And all of us are the product.

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Domestic Issues Cecilia Kulhanek Domestic Issues Cecilia Kulhanek

The State of The Union: A Battleground

Pelosi’s heavy involvement in President Trump’s history-making impeachment, among several other more specific instances demonstrating the pair’s mutual animosity- namely their respective State of the Union behavior and the ensuing social media battle- have led to the House Speaker coming to represent different things to different people.

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Domestic Issues Jack McEvoy Domestic Issues Jack McEvoy

Clash and Chaos: A Recap of the First Presidential Debate

The long-awaited first debate of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. took place on Tuesday night, marking an important and exciting moment in what has been a unique election cycle. This event, moderated by Fox News anchor Christopher Wallace, was entertaining, though extremely undignified for a presidential debate. Despite Wallace’s best efforts, the verbal sparring between Trump and Biden got comically out of hand at times.

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