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Raise the Minimum Wage?
by Alex Everhart ’15 Few things strike at the heart of the ideological divide within American politics quite like the discussion on minimum wage. Once again brought to the forefront of political discourse by President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address, Democrats and Republicans are already bitterly divided on what the minimum wage means … Continue reading
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By Claire Breining ’13 Following the November election, talk of Puerto Rican statehood circulated throughout the media. However, two months later, the US territory had disappeared off the radar again except in the context of vacation plans. What exactly happened in the November election, and what could transpire moving forward? Is a 51st state a … Continue reading
By Chris Miller ’14 It has been known for quite some time now that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be stepping down from her post. Initially, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was viewed as the most likely successor. But after a number of Republican Senators threatened a filibuster, Rice’s name was withdrawn as a potential … Continue reading
By Martin Raabe ’14 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called it “a hard-fought and bitter race”. The Wisconsin based investigative journalism website WisconsinWatch.org labeled the campaign as “Overwhelmingly negative”. Any way you look at it, the Tammy Baldwin-Tommy Thomson 2012 Wisconsin Senatorial race was an incredibly ugly one. In an era where campaigns like this seem … Continue reading
