A week after election day has passed, the nation has become divided as more and more states have finished their counts and been called. As the election results have officially come out last week of the...
We monitor our Twitter feeds with an unflinching gaze, desperate for another set of ballots to be reported. Our search histories are checkered with election coverage; the New York Times’ Election Needles...
479 years before the birth of Christ, the people of Athens had a choice to make.
There were two options: liberty, with the possibility of death; or safety, but under the rule of a stranger: the Persian...
January 16, students will be heading to Washington D.C. for the annual Close Up trip. This trip coincides this year with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Close-up is a non-profit organization...
On Wednesday, Nov. 9th, I awoke hoping for a miracle.
I didn’t get one.
Election results summed up everything that the election had been about: upsets, fear, and the unexpected. Most polls were...
In an election where both major candidates see their unfavorability ratings at an all time high, a few political underdogs wonder if they might have a chance.
Two major third parties, the Libertarian...
From white supremacists to FBI indictments, both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions will have to deal with unprecedented challenges this year electing their party nominee.
Presumptive...
After the largest mass shooting in U.S. history took place Sunday in a gay nightclub in Florida, America experienced the same shock seen after countless incidents of the same type in recent years; Aurora,...
To gain a student perspective in the growing debate on minimum wage, The County Line sought out working students for their view on the issue. Junior Ariel Alexander works as a barista at Starbucks,...
Last week, Congress managed to avert going over the “fiscal cliff.” The compromise bill evokes memories of recent eleventh hour family Christmas shopping, in that it was a last ditch effort, not very...
If ever a man should have been rewarded for his insights and foresight, George Washington should have been after warning the youthful Union of the dangers of the bipartisan political system, including...
