The competitive election races in Florida have finally been called. Republican Ron DeSantis will be the next governor of Florida, and outgoing Republican Governor Rick Scott will replace incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate. These results follow a tumultuous series of events beginning election day Nov. 6.…
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Midterm Election Review: National trends
The 2018 Midterm elections took place across the nation Nov. 6. In the election 35 U.S. Senate seats, all 435 U.S. House of Representative seats and 36 governorships, as well as thousands of state legislature seats were on the ballot. In the Senate, Republicans maintained and expanded their majority, with…
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Religion and anti-Semitism in the United States
On Oct. 27, a horrific shooting took place at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, claiming the lives of 11 innocents. The attacker, Robert Bowers, is known to have posted anti-Semitic jeremiads online, especially on far right websites with lax speech oversight like Gab. The attack shone…
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Midterm trends: #MeToo
The 2018 midterm elections are being shaped by a whole host of issues: President Trump, Republican unified control of Washington, immigration, healthcare and more, but one issue that has undergirded the entire midterm cycle is the #MeToo Movement. The #MeToo Movement, a movement to help survivors of sexual violence and…
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Opinion: State of the Senate
Political scientists, analysts, professors, historians and even everyday citizens have been ruminating lately on the health of American democracy. A fever seems to have consumed the political discourse, beginning with the Republican Revolution in 1994. Since then hyper-partisanship and tribalism have surged. Worryingly, this disease has only seemed to grow…
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Low voter turnout and gerrymandering affecting midterm elections
As the United States prepares for the looming midterm election Nov. 6, it is important to look at who will be voting. Midterm elections are known for their usual low turn out, so those voters who do choose to exercise their democratic duty may very well have an outsized effect…
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Policy in question as Missouri ranks significantly worse than Kansas in study on bullying
A recent report released by WalletHub analyzed 47 states and the District of Columbia and ranked them to determine which had the largest problem with bullying. The study emphasized the sweeping and long-term detrimental effects bullying can have on a victim’s life as well as the negative cost to society…
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College Democrats hold open candidate forum ahead of US midterms
The College Democrats hosted a candidate forum Tuesday night, Sept. 25, in Gano Assembly at William Jewell College. Attending were four Democratic candidates for State House seats: Wes Rogers (18th District), Abby Zavos (38th District), Rick Mellon (39th District) and Matt Sain (14th District). College Democrats President Spencer Owens, acting…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Mollie Tibbetts and a culture of fear
The recent murder of Mollie Tibbetts has sparked a nationwide conversation in the United States over harassment of female runners and harassment in general. For readers unaware, Tibbets, a 20 year-old student at the University of Iowa went missing while on a run July 18. After a prolonged investigation law…
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