Tag: politics
Comedy not collusion: Trump misses the facts of social critique
In a tweet posted at 4:52 a.m. Feb. 18, President Donald J. Trump issued a polite and tactful criticism of the late-night variety show Saturday Night...
Democrats, act like you care
The next presidential election needs a fresh voice to stand out among the homogenous crowd of Democratic Washington veterans. Our country deserves someone untainted...
Pelosi is not the speaker Democrats want, but she’s the speaker...
The 2018 midterms saw many new Democratic faces, including the highest number of women and people of color, elected to the House. Speaker nominee Nancy...
Journalists must report on climate change before we go up in...
Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 25 of this year, 876,167 acres of California burned in wildfires, according to Cal Fire. That is 274 percent more...
Hindsight is 2020: Hillary Clinton shouldn’t run again
Hillary Clinton has been in public office for the better part of 30 years. As a first lady, senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate,...
Double the majors, double the benefits: the work is worth the...
According to a recent New York Times op-ed, you're wasting your time pursuing a double major. Author David Leonhardt argues that double majoring equates to...
Conservative club dissolved after post-2016 membership drop
The Conservatives of Occidental student club has disbanded this year due to low membership, according to Max Woods (senior), the former vice president of...
Occidental commemorates Obama’s first steps into politics
Amid dust and rubble, Occidental college's administration developed a new marker dedicated to former Occidental student and President of the United States Barack Obama...
Trump’s redefinition of gender is rooted in politics, not science
In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution. The guy was onto something, but his peers weren't. The theory quickly evolved, so to speak, into "social...
Campus clubs focus on voter registration ahead of midterms
The Occidental Democrats tabled in the quad Oct. 15 to register voters in the campus community. The club has also created a resource guide...