Caucus

where quick and accessible news can be found. However, there are downfalls to that as quick news can “give you bad information, rumors can be spread”. On the other hand, he is intrigued with how social media are now even publishing political debate, caucus results, other political events along with nationwide news. As he humoredly adds “I thought snapchat was just for sending quick 9 seconds pictures”. Times have changed and there isn’t a way to prevent technology from developing rapidly.…

Traditional media outlets such as Huffington Post or Politico frame news less in a younger, liberal perspective, and tend to lean more conservatively. According to the Des Moines Register, an important demographic to examine, considering the impending Iowa Caucus, Sanders is “disappointing” as a candidate9. Likewise, Politico stated that “Hillary will win the primary”10. The drastic change in framing could be fatal to Sanders’ campaign. An issue for Sanders is the lack of comprehensive…

Reasons to why is because from attending Polynesian and Maori caucus meetings, I gained a new perspective towards the needs of the community. I have always known that within the Maori and Polynesian community, suicide has always been a stigmatized subject. However from this experience, I could finally understand the…

Natural Hair Discrimination Hair. We all have (or had) it, and all have a very love-hate relationship with it. But more often, then not, we change it and do not let our natural hair shine. This stems from many different things like; simply wanting change, to just experiment, or from facing years of discrimination. Natural hair discrimination is something that seems to slip through the cracks but is very real in today's culture. When asked about her hair, actress Tracee Ellis Ross responds…

When presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders attracted 5,500 people to an early campaign kickoff at the University of Denver (Tseng) on June 20th, 2015, an echoing common gripe with the Senator was whispered throughout the crowd. People in attendance felt a commonality amongst themselves both in their support for Bernie Sanders but also in their doubt of the so called ‘electibilty’ of a self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont (Kilgore), and I was amongst them. However, by February…

The modern White House has not advanced an initiative unilaterally promoting voter registration dating back to the Kennedy Administration. However, most Democratic presidents have tangentially supported voter registration while in office. In 2010, President Obama issued a one-paragraph statement for Voter Registration Month, which urged qualified persons to register. Then, President Obama, at a town hall in Cleveland, Ohio, suggested mandatory voting 2015. Other presidents have symbolically…

However, a social researcher, Karl Loewenstein, postulates an opposition. Although Napoleon contributed the success of the French Revolution, he eventually abandoned the democratic and performed his dictatorship. In the Karl 's book, "Opposition and Public Opinion Under the Dictatorship of Napoleon the First," Napoleon 's dictatorship was illustrated by this quote: "His rule over France is appropriated termed a dictatorship because it reveals all the features familiar in latter-day dictatorial…

In “The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln,” Sean Wilentz successfully argues that the election of 1828 represented a democratic revolt of the people as the election was crucial to the development and maintenance of the second-party system. Not only is Wilentz the George Henry Davis Professor of History at Princeton University, but Wilentz is also a successful author who has won many awards including the prestigious Frederick Jackson Turner Award, the Albert J. Beveridge Award, the…

The Jacksonian Period of American History marked a substantial turning point for the American ¨common man.¨ Andrew Jackson was a powerful President of the people and under him, many governmental policies were enacted; from implications of male suffrage, to the opening of new American lands, two scenarios of which would have a profound effect in later years. While Jackson drastically changed American policies for the better, he also had much opposition and unaddressed holes within his presidency.…

George Davis: The Man and The Monument. Throughout the south, there are countless confederate monuments, parks, statues, and landmarks. In Charlottesville, Virginia, these monuments are being taken down, which begs the question, should all monuments representing the confederacy be removed? In the historic area of downtown Wilmington, various monuments are on display honoring confederate soldiers and landmarks. Such landmarks are seen by some as a symbol of rich southern history from the Civil…