Oct 16, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Gun Control
Published: Salon (October 16, 2015), The Daily Dot (October 14, 2015) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) waffled during last night’s debate when he was asked about his gun control record, and despite the candidate’s widespread online popularity—especially on Reddit—the...
Oct 13, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (October 13, 2015) On last Sunday’s Meet the Press, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) found himself in a familiar position—namely, defending his $1 trillion economic plan. Sanders’ program, known in the Senate as...
Oct 13, 2015 | Centrism, Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: The Daily Dot (October 13, 2015), The Good Men Project (October 13, 2015) In tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders will take his first big step in avoiding the fate that befell another Vermont liberal, former Gov. Howard Dean, whose...
Oct 8, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences
Published: The Good Men Project (October 8, 2015) When you’re a Jewish person who is willing to criticize the State of Israel, you quickly discover three things: To many other critics of Israel, the authenticity of your position will be constantly questioned. Indeed,...
Oct 1, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (October 1, 2015) While promoting The Hunger Games: Mockinjay - Part 2, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth both expressed justifiable disdain at the prospect of Donald Trump winning next year's presidential election. "If Donald Trump...
Sep 22, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2016), Plutocracy
Published: The Daily Dot (September 22, 2015) On Tuesday morning, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) announced what many had widely speculated, following a nationwide drop in support: He is dropping out of the presidential race. Walker emphasized in a Facebook post that he...
Sep 22, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Salon.com
Published: Salon (September 22, 2015), The Daily Dot (September 20, 2015) Is America ready to elect a Jewish president? Ann Coulter did her part to draw attention to that question this week, when she sent out a tweet many believed was anti-Semitic implying Republicans...
Sep 17, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Salon.com, Vice President Biden
Published: Salon (September 17, 2015), The Daily Dot (September 14, 2015) Perhaps it was inevitable that the Internet would want Joe Biden to run for president. After all, Hillary Clinton has maintained a massive lead in national polls since the beginning of the 2016...
Sep 9, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: The Daily Dot (September 9, 2015) If Democrats want to make the election process as democratic as their party’s name suggests, the best way to do is by having a competitive race among a diverse field of presidential hopefuls. This is especially crucial in a...
Sep 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism
Published: The Good Men Project (September 3, 2015) If Hillary Clinton doesn’t become the Democratic presidential nominee next year, who could replace her? Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Hillary Clinton doesn’t run in the Democratic presidential...