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Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency. “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]
First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results
Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability. Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]
For Asian Americans, Trump’s rhetoric is key factor in the 2020 Election
President Donald Trump’s repeated references to COVID-19 as the “kung flu” or the “China virus” are galvanizing Asian Americans to vote Democrat in the U.S. November election. Since the pandemic, there has been a surge of anti-Asian sentiment as Trump has routinely faulted China for the origination of a deadly global virus that has killed […]