Press fails to cover the election issues that matter
Journalists’ tendency to cover superficial news distracts from more important issues.
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Which presidential platform benefits student voters?
By DAVID LOWENSTEIN - COUNTERPOINT
3 Comments/in Columns, Opinion
During the 2008 presidential election, thousands of college students campaigned for then-Sen. Barack Obama and showed their support at the polls in record numbers. Obama won more than 66 percent of the youth vote — the largest disparity between youth voters and other age groups since exit polling began in 1972. In 2008, Obama was […]
Students gather for RNC speech
Students must demand more political attention from candidates
Students work for campaigns, political orgs in summer
Students cannot forget the mistakes of Katrina
New economic reality doesn’t fit old molds
Was the Buffett Rule wisely obstructed?
By FRANCESCA BESSEY - COUNTERPOINT
4 Comments/in Columns, Opinion
The Buffett Rule rightly recognizes that our current tax laws do not address the reality of how the rich make and keep their money.
Was the Buffett Rule wisely obstructed?
By SARAH CUEVA - POINT
8 Comments/in Columns, Opinion
As an affront to hard work and free-market values, the Buffett Rule has no place in our tax code; we should continue to oppose it.
Panelists debate Calif. primary
By FAARIA KALAM
in News
Political consultant Bob Shrum and journalist Marylouise Oates discuss the 2012 election.