In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders published the Kerner Report, which concluded that America was “moving toward two societies, one black, one white...

On the morning of Nov. 6, after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory was declared, I saw messages across social media with a similar sentiment shared en masse: “If you voted for Trump, do not associate...

Former President Donald Trump was declared the 47th president-elect of the United States Nov. 6, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in every battleground state — despite multiple forecasters predicting...

You may have noticed Halloween was strangely warm this year — 79 degrees and sunny, 20 degrees over the average daily high for Oct. 31 in Philadelphia. Additionally, as of Nov. 4,  Philadelphia hasn’t...

Foreign policy was relegated to the sidelines for many voters this election season, despite the United States’ growing interdependence on other nations. I believe it is important to analyze how both...

Political scientists Johanna Dunaway and Doris Graber argue in their book, “Mass Media and American Politics,” that on the national scale, uneven media distribution is abundant when it comes to state...

In a time of faltering newsroom resources in the United States, the already “adversarial relationship” between the media and the U.S. Congress has grown even more tumultuous. The traditional function...

As everyone might know by now, we are currently in an election season. Even if you try your hardest to stay away from politics, you’re bound to hear something about the candidates, their policies or...

The controversy around whether or not one should be able to end their pregnancy often stems from religious beliefs, not political ideologies. When looking at the general U.S. population, approximately...