LAYOUT ASSISTANT DISCUSSES THE POWER OF THE BLACK VOTE
By Ashani Williams || Layout Assistant With the election right around the corner, it is very common to hear our political leaders discuss “the Black vote.” But, what is the…
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By Ashani Williams || Layout Assistant With the election right around the corner, it is very common to hear our political leaders discuss “the Black vote.” But, what is the…
By Ellyn Fritz || Staff Writer The first nominating contest of the 2020 election cycle began this past week on Monday, February 3rd with the Iowa Caucuses. Iowa’s caucus night…
By Grace Lewis || Staff Writer A lot of talk has surrounded the 2018 midterm elections, and if I am completely honest, I somewhat understood why and somewhat not. A…
By Maya Workowski || Contributing Writer Social media allows people to connect with celebrities in a way that was never dreamed possible 20 or even 10 years ago. Today, we…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor For many young people, local government is an abstract concept. While American Millennials may rabidly follow the news on the Hill and in the…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor On Thursday, March 2, MSNBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki came to Franklin & Marshall College to speak about the current political climate in America.…
By James Jarvis || Contributing Writer In a time of grave uncertainty, when we are troubled by forces that we feel are not within our control, it is important to…
By Alex Pinsk || Layout Assistant You are a Democrat or you are a Republican. You are liberal or you are conservative. You believe in climate change or you do…
By Joe Yamulla || Opinion & Editorial Editor It happened. It’s difficult to articulate or summarize the election in any more detail than that. The fear of millions of American…
By David Martin || Satirical Columnist LANCASTER, PA— Crying profusely on the way to his first class on Wednesday morning, the guilt of jokingly voting for President-elect Donald Trump finally…
By Katherine Coble || Layout Assistant The hectic, unpredictable, and unprecedented election season of 2016 comes to a conclusion this Tuesday night, and F&M’s Government Department is prepared. The department…
By Joe Yamulla || Opinion & Editorial Editor We can all breathe, America. The Presidential Debates are finally over. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton battled it out one last time…
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer New Hampshire felt the Bern. He won by a large margin of over 20 percent. He won with almost every demographic group, including women. He…
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer For the Democrats, Iowa was a tie. Senator Sanders, dependent on the results of an investigation, may have won the popular vote, but former Secretary…
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer Well, Hillary Clinton may not be quite so inevitable after all. As a student of political science, I understand the importance of “conventional wisdom” in…