Elections – Presidential (2016)
Hillary Clinton’s Rape Culture Problem
Jul 30, 2015 | Bullying, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 30, 2015) Hillary Clinton has a rape culture problem… and her supporters need to ask the right questions. Hillary Clinton has a problematic record when it comes to the issue of rape culture in America. Any politician with a similar background – regardless of party, ideology, or gender – should be expected to answer for them. Unfortunately, as I learned last...
Why Donald Trump doesn’t have the guts to really run for president
Jul 28, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
What Bill Cosby Means for Hillary Clinton
Jul 27, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 25, 2015), Daily Dot (July 27, 2015) If the rape allegations against Bill Clinton are true, Hillary Clinton needs to get on them right now. What if America’s first female president was married to a sex offender? This is not a hypothetical question. A multitude of allegations against Clinton have appeared over the years. Among the most prominent: – Paula Jones,...
Why Huckabee’s ‘oven’ remarks won’t win Jewish votes
Jul 27, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (July 27, 2015) When Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee claimed last weekend that President Obama would ultimately “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven,” the former Arkansas governor wasn’t being simply hyperbolic about the merits of the Iranian nuclear deal. He was banking on the idea that there is a rift between the Democratic president and...
It’s never, ever okay to release someone’s personal information
Jul 23, 2015 | Bullying, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Daily Dot (July 23, 2015) Donald Trump has played many roles in his life: business mogul, author, reality TV star, and politician. But when he publicly released the private phone number of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), he wasn’t simply engaging in a run-of-the-mill political dirty trick. By violating Graham’s privacy, he assumed a new title common to the Internet era—that of the...
Hillary Clinton will never be as progressive as the Internet wants her to be
Jul 20, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (July 20, 2015) In becoming our nation’s first female president, a Hillary Clinton presidency would be a milestone in American history. However, Clinton’s moment in the sun may never come: Hillary Clinton will never become the progressive that many of her supporters would like her to be, and this fact may create serious problems for her candidacy. During Netroots Nation, a...
Bernie Sanders has a troubled record on gun control (but the NRA still hates him)
Jul 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gun Control, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies
Hillary Clinton, unpaid internships, and the culture of exploiting young workers
Jul 9, 2015 | Class Issues, Education, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Millennials
Published: Daily Dot (July 9, 2015) Although Hillary Clinton has proposed a series of programs for reducing youth unemployment, she has also come under fire on the Internet for staffing her presidential campaign with unpaid interns. In response, Clinton announced on Tuesday that she was hiring 20 paid staffers in Iowa (the first state to hold a presidential primary or caucus next year). But, as...
Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian have more in common than you think
Jun 16, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Plutocracy
Published: Daily Dot (June 16, 2015) Back in 2008, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) released an ad attacking Democratic nominee Barack Obama for being a “celebrity.” To illustrate his point, McCain’s commercial included a picture of so-called “celebutante” Paris Hilton. After all, what better way to make Obama’s bid for the Oval Office seem absurd than to compare his...