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Read moreProfessor Bob Turner Chairs Town Charter Commission
Professor Bob Turner is in charge of a commission to reform the Saratoga Springs town charter, and held a meeting with community members in The Tang as part of the "A More Perfect Union" exhibit.
Read moreThe Inevitable War
Both presidential candidates agree on one thing: the use of drones in the War on Terror.
Read moreSkidmore Grad Runs for Assembly Seat, Tackles Upstate Issues
Mike Godlewski '02, a longtime upstate New York resident, is running for New York's 112th Assembly District.
Read moreTeaching Trump
Five Skidmore professors tackled the Trump phenomenon at Teaching Trump, a panel hosted by the Tang and the Skidmore Republicans.
Read more"Bring It To The Table": Starting A Political Conversation
Documentarian Julie Winokur talks politics with 100 Americans from all walks of life. Her goal? To simply listen.
Read moreOur Campus Culture: Self-Righteousness
While the political culture we have each played a role in enabling at Skidmore is most harmful to those with dissenting points of view, it is damaging to all of us in the long run—and counterproductive for efforts to achieve the progressive policy goals many of us share.
Read moreConstitution Pipeline: Laying Down a Dismal Future
The DEC rightfully denied the permit request to build the Constitution Pipeline on Earth Day 2016. This effort is about more than defeating one pipeline—it is also about shifting the way we think about sustainability, energy, and our future.
Read moreA Problematic Trivialization of the Kashmiri Conflict on Film
Why choose to adapt a play that has been reproduced for centuries when an abundance of real stories of hardship and tragedy exist in the region you are trying to reveal to the world?
Read moreThe Importance of Humanitarian Law
A recent ruling from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes suggests that institutions are making valuable progress in addressing human rights issues.
Read moreAn Unprecedented Level of Obstructionism
The disrespect that the Republicans are demonstrating both to Garland and to our country’s constitutional process reveals that the Grand Old Party has reached a grand new low.
Read moreThe Ominous Implications of Trump's Border Plan
Aside from being politically infeasible, building a wall would neither stem immigration nor address the root of the immigrant flow from Mexico. Instead, such a move would amplify years of failed, expensive immigration policies between the US and Mexico, perpetuating a harmful framework for understanding immigration.
Read moreIndian Nationalism Spurs Crackdown on Student Protesters
Imagine for a moment that Skidmore students have gathered in peaceful protest, only to be arrested by government police moments later. Despite how difficult it may be to visualize this scenario unfolding in Saratoga Springs, the same situation occurred just over a month ago at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India, sparking waves of protest and debate over national identity.
Read moreProductive Progressive Change You Can Make
Given the unlikely odds of Sanders’s triumph in the Democratic nomination process, the students whose hearts have been captured by the Vermont senator can channel their progressive values in a more impactful way—at the state level.
Read moreThe Soldier and Our Trumpian State
If there is a thread that connects Trump voters, it is their perception that they have, through no fault of their own, been pushed form the center to the periphery of American life during the last several decades.
Read moreCountering Common Criticisms of Bernie's Candidacy
Bernie and his supporters often poorly address common concerns over his candidacy. I decided to write a hypothetical dialogue between two well-meaning, liberal college students in which Brian, a Bernie supporter, tries to convince Harry, who is leaning towards Hillary, why he should feel the Bern.
Read moreThe Donkey in the Room: What Might Bernie’s Momentum Tell Us?
A window did exist this primary season for an alternative to Clinton to prevail—even if Sanders cannot occupy that space in the long-run.
2016 Could Actually Matter (If We Make It)
This year, for the first time, every one of the presidential candidates has been talking about the problem of big money in our political system, and each has said that something must be done. They know that the American people are demanding change.
Read moreThe Plight of Migrant Workers in Our Own Backyard
Issues of immigration may seem far away, but that is certainly not the case.
Read moreIndia-Africa Relations: Looking to the Future
The October 2015 India-Africa summit foreshadowed the possibility of a seismic shift in African foreign relations.
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