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-21 posts tagged "Democrats"
Bella Laufenberg | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Former Mayor of San Antonio and Obama Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro discussed former President Trump and President Biden’s treatment of immigrants in a fireside talk Tuesday. Castro was invited to Notre Dame in a joint endeavor between Notre Dame College Democrats and the Institute for Latino Studies (ILS). He entertained members
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, October 1, 2021
When President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in November’s general election, he did so in part by swaying the votes of the more radical Democrats. Although he is still considered a moderate, one of the promises of his campaign that may have helped convince those voters was his plans for a robust social
Blake Ziegler | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
After the passage of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the Biden administration is looking for its second major victory on infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan is a $2 trillion investment in America’s infrastructure to “reimagine and rebuild a new economy” for the 21st century. The plan envisions modernizing 20,000 miles of highways and
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 13, 2021
On January 20, 2021, the people of the United States of America and the rest of the world once again witnessed one of the hallmarks of this country’s democracy, as outgoing President Trump and incoming President Biden engaged in a peaceful transfer of power, a lasting American tradition that is envied by millions around the
Nia Sylva | Friday, October 9, 2020
The state of bipartisan political relations in this country is dire, to say the very least. Anyone who had the pleasure of witnessing last week’s mudslinging presidential debate knows that to be true. The disrespect that tends to abound in the public sphere — between the men and women who are supposed to be working
Jim Moster | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Behind every work of art hides an artist, a method and a motive. For example, Vincent van Gogh painted “Starry Night” using oil on canvas in order to … well, to what? Wikipedia suggests he wanted to capture the beauty outside his asylum room’s window. Sorry, Wikipedia, but motives are inherently opaque. Even van Gogh
Andrew Sveda | Monday, January 27, 2020
“So, do you like Trump?” It’s an innocent question (hopefully). A fair one, too. But for years, it’s bothered me. And it’s not that I don’t like politics or think we should ignore the elephant in the room. Quite the opposite. It’s because it’s — obviously — a tremendously loaded question. Answer wrong and pay
Jackie O'Brien | Thursday, January 16, 2020
Last year, it was announced that Notre Dame would be hosting a presidential debate next September. In the announcement, University President Fr. John Jenkins addressed the importance of democratic discourse and informing voters through debate and dialogue. “The heart of democracy is addressing significant questions in open, reasoned discussion that will inform voters as they
BridgeND | Thursday, November 14, 2019
“Political polarization” is a term that is often thrown around in the media and news. By definition, political polarization is the “divergence of political attitudes and ideas to the ideological extreme.” Polarization is the idea of “us” and “them,” and this ideology can and does cause confusion and tension between those with differing views. The
Mariah Rush and Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, November 6, 2019
James Mueller was voted in as South Bend’s next mayor Tuesday evening, with 66% of the vote in early results. Mueller defeated the Republican candidate, Sean Haas, who is a government teacher at LaVille High School. Tuesday was a municipal election day across the country, and the city of South Bend voted for a few