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Vol. CLVII
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Project 2025: Death of Democracy

Kaela Babasin, News Editor November 21, 2024

Following Donald Trump’s recent presidential victory, many speculate if the former president has plans to implement the controversial Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. Despite his adamant denial...

Senate and House election updates

2022 Election Coverage Team, 2022 Election Coverage Team November 8, 2022

The Wire will be providing updates on elections across the U.S. We will be using data provided by the Associated Press, FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Senate:  The...

Dark Brandon and our crumbling democracy

Dark Brandon and our crumbling democracy

Natalie Comerford, Managing Editor October 27, 2022

On Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia, Biden delivered a speech perched between two Marines, warning about current threats to American democracy. The internet responded by turning him into a meme. And...

American Tourism in Mexico

American Tourism in Mexico

Peggy Li, Opinion Editor March 29, 2018

In contrast with our President, who built his campaign on building a wall, and making disparaging remarks about mexicans being ‘drug dealers, criminals, and rapists,’ thousands of American tourists,...

Photo by Taj Howe

ASWC Tables Diversity Vote

Erin Lopez, News Reporter November 15, 2017

ASWC has yet to make a decision on a piece of legislation that would make the Director of Diversity and Inclusion a voting member. Legislation has been drafted, support gained, but no decision has been...

Reexamine the Electoral College

Cyril Burchenal, Columnist November 17, 2016

Few would contest that the 2016 presidential election was a shake-up. This presidential race was disquieting not only in its volatility, but also in the manner in which it ended. Nearly every pollster...

Illustration by Meg Cuca

Accepting the Election

Alya Bohr, Columnist November 12, 2016

Some things cannot be made sense of. Or, if there is any sense to be made, it is fractured, messy and incomplete. That’s how this post-election period feels. Yes, perhaps it’s true that the results...

Illustration by Taylor Penner-Ash

The slow decline of Democracy

Cy Burchenal September 22, 2016

As of September 16, Edgar Matobato, an alleged death squad member, levelled allegations against Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte including, but not limited to, murder. This is a mere sliver of...

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