Before Banning TikTok, U.S. Government Needs to Look Closely at the State of Data Privacy in the U.S.
Eleanor Smith On March 15th, 2023, the Biden administration demanded that the Chinese company ByteDance sell their app TikTok to…
Society
The Bulletproof Right to Bear Arms: A New Constitutional Approach
Shelby Alexis Blevins The Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) struck down the New…
America’s Teenage Social Media Problem
Daniel Melia “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” So reads the tagline for David…
America: Abandoning Traditions or Creating New Ones
Shirley Omari-Kwarteng Precedent plays a significant role in how this country is conducted and how we continue to move forward,…
The Effects of Language on a Political Landscape
Claire Krieger Language is a key component of how humans communicate and express their opinions. It is inexplicably intertwined with…
The Fall—and Apparent Rise—of Unions in the United States
Union membership in the United States peaked in the 1950s, when one out of every three non-farm workers…
Two Party Systems, Duverger’s Law and Political Polarization
It is rare to see third-party representatives in office. Bernie Sanders is a rare success story, as he…
The Past, Present, and Future of Ballot Initiatives
In the midterm elections last week, five ballot initiatives were introduced regarding abortion. Ballot initiatives—also called ballot measures,…
Expectation versus Reality: Examining the Polls and Models’ Performance in the 2022 Election
The dust is settling on the 2022 elections, with many races yet uncalled as mail-in, provisional, and military…