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The real reason many Americans don’t vote

Nov 28, 2015 | Class Issues, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic

Published: Salon (November 28, 2015), The Daily Dot (November 11, 2015)

Earlier this week, the Nation declared its support for an online petition urging President Obama to declare Election Day 2016 a national holiday. In doing so, they have joined forces with presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has already introduced a bill to do the same thing.... Read Original Article

If Donald Trump becomes president, it’ll be our fault for treating him like a celebrity

Nov 24, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Race and Racism

Published: The Good Men Project (November 24, 2015) – co-authored with Jill Di Donato

Donald Trump’s ascent as a presidential frontrunner is, without question, one of the major political events of our lifetime. Even if he doesn’t ultimately win the Republican nomination next year, he has already dominated in the polls long past the time when most experts believed his star would wane.... Read Original Article

Why no one watched the Democratic debate

Nov 17, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties

Published: The Good Men Project (November 17, 2015)

The most recent Democratic presidential debate was the lowest rated of the six held by either party this election cycle, drawing in only 8.55 million viewers. This may seem like bad news for the Democrats, but the truth is actually more disturbing – in all likelihood, they planned it this way.... Read Original Article

Hey progressives, Hillary isn’t the enemy

Nov 12, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties

Published: Salon (November 12, 2015)

The inevitable has finally happened: Bernie Sanders supporters are beginning to openly proclaim that, if Hillary Clinton defeats their champion in the upcoming Democratic presidential primaries, they will not support her in the subsequent election.

I refer to this trend as “inevitable” because, as a Sanders supporter myself, I’ve heard this sentiment privately uttered in numerous conversations with (otherwise sympathetic) minds.
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2016: The weirdest presidential election ever?

Nov 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, mic, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: The Good Men Project (November 3, 2015)

Politics is usually pretty weird, but the presidential election shaping up right now is definitely an outlier even by American standards. There has to be a deeper significance in the fact that such an unusual election is occurring right now, but in lieu of being able to come up with one, I’m instead going to briefly dissect the reasons why I feel this is the case.... Read Original Article