The call for divestment from the fossil fuel industry is reverberating stronger than ever at Vassar College. In 2016, 91 percent of Vassar students voted in favor of divestment, yet…
A few years ago, I believed that some of the Republican Party’s ideas were hypocritical in nature, but given the hyper partisan atmosphere that has exacerbated in the last four…
Despite a national obsession with heavy words like “independence” and “freedom,” Americans seem obstinately stuck in the search for a figurehead––whether that be a politician or a reality TV star.…
Miles travelled by light-duty vehicles—passenger cars and light-duty trucks—increased by almost 50 percent between 1990 and 2018. In 2018, the automotive industry accounted for 28.2 percent of all U.S. greenhouse…
From a climate perspective, the new Biden administration is something to be happy about, particularly after a four-year stretch replete with climate change denial and rampant misinformation. Biden has made…
Political commentators and analysts need to stop saying Donald Trump still has a grip on the Republican Party. Yes, there are still some senators and other Republican elected officials who…
January 6, 2021. A day that will forever live in infamy began as late-night tallying of the vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs extended into early morning. I finally began…
American democracy is obviously very flawed. The electoral college forces the voting system to be partially based on land rather than totally on population. In addition to this unequal voting…
In 2020, Vassar reaffirmed its desire to become carbon-neutral by 2030 with a revision of their Climate Action Plan. There is one area, however, not mentioned in the revised plan:…
As the inherent dysfunction of our electoral system is laid bare and our precarious environmental condition becomes painfully evident, sticking to outmoded ways of governing that ignore the dire state…
