Gilda R. Daniels, J.D., a voting rights and election law expert, spoke to members of the St. Joe’s community on Oct. 20 about voter suppression and voting rights in the U.S.
Daniels was the first...
Women make up 24% of the 116th Congress; the most diverse Congress since the first woman elected to Congress in 1917. Although women are historically underrepresented in the political sphere, they still...
Staff and contract workers deserve time to vote
As a Jesuit university with a focus on social justice, it is our job to take part in the upcoming election by voting and encouraging others to do the same....
When most people hear the term voter suppression, they think of authoritarian countries where voters are pressured by the threat of violence on the part of the sitting regime to vote one way or another....
As the presidential debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wrapped up, many Americans went to bed feeling disgruntled and disheartened.
The absolute...
With the first 2020 presidential debate on Sept. 29, last week was anticipated to be a significant point in the election. What was not anticipated was U.S. President Donald Trump contracting COVID-19,...
In preparation for the rapidly approaching Election Day on Nov. 3, student leaders of POWER University (POWERU) started the #WhyIVote campaign to educate St. Joe’s students on voting.
“Our emphasis...
When is Election Day?
Election Day will be on Nov. 3 this year. But, with the increase in mail-in voting because of COVID-19, many voters will be casting their votes earlier than Nov. 3.
Who is on the...
Pennsylvania has postponed its April 28 primary election until June 2 and is promoting voting by mail and by absentee ballot.
Pennsylvania is one of 16 states and one territory that have postponed their...
The departments of political science, history and art collaborated on a project that reenacted a debate between historical figures Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass in Barbelin Hall on Sept....
