As America finally approaches a Covid-free society with looser mask rules and overall restrictions, the aftermath of the pandemic becomes clearer and highlights one of the near future’s political challenges. In education, schools’ survival and students’ academic progress were defined by the availability of funds and resources. Not surprisingly, the education quality of minority...
Economic Inequality and Twitter Polls: The Case for the Billionaire Tax
By Sofia Guimaraes (PO ’24) Three months ago, Elon Musk tweeted, “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?” This tweet sparked debate on the Biden administration’s proposed billionaire bill and cast attention on the growing income inequality in the USA, highlighting the need for a...
Biden’s Questionable Approach to Immigration Policy: Yearning for Progress but Holding Onto Trumpism
By Sofia Guimaraes (PO ’24) A few weeks ago, pictures of Haitian migrants being aggressively detained at the Mexico-U.S. border shocked the public and brought attention to Joe Biden’s immigration policies. Even though Biden ran his campaign on the promise of reforming the Trump administration’s immigration policy and made changes to the system in his first months of presidency...