The Journal of Fordham University's Top Thinkers
In the 2020 election, Joe Biden carried the state of Virginia and its 13 electoral votes by a 54.1-44% margin after it had been largely predicted that the state would go blue, rather than being […]
As this article is written (Nov 8), the 2021 election day is just over a week in the past. Though off-year elections are generally fewer in number and far less significant, they can be viewed, […]
The United States of America is the world’s foremost military power. The US spent $725 billion on defense in 2020, or about 11% of the overall federal budget. That’s more than the next eleven highest-spending […]
144 years ago, the United States saw its highest rate of voter turnout—82.6%—in the 1876 presidential election. Since then, turnout rates have oscillated, with most modern elections seeing a number between 50 and 60 percent […]
Marking death anniversaries, or a yahrzeit, has a special significance in Judaism. On Wednesday, Oct. 27, we marked the anniversary of the loss of eleven lives in the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh, […]
Scrolling through Twitter the night of the MET Gala is always great content. This gathering of the world’s most elite personalities and celebrity superstars from all forms of media produces some ridiculous fashion statements and […]
John Fetterman campaigning in Philadelphia in 2018 for lieutenant governor, where Bernie Sanders endorsed him (PHOTO: WHYY) Being a progressive is not an easy task in this country, especially in the current political climate. […]
During the 2008 financial crisis, after bankers intentionally created “garbage-quality housing loans” and sold them on to investors by advertising them as safe bets, millions of Americans lost their homes, and the unemployment rate rose […]