Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 26, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? Senior Adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) on Monday about the potential collusion between Trump and Russia. The investigation, initiated by the FBI and SIC in May, is centered around...
California does its part, Trump still wins
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
November 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
As I watched the election coverage unfold last night on television I couldn’t help but be nervous. I didn’t want Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to win the race, but I knew we had to settle on one of them. I just thought there was no way it would be Trump. Sure, Clinton has her flaws, but she hasn...
Presidential election got me like ‘nah’
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
I feel like I am at a restaurant but all of the food is gone. All they have is salt, pepper and house salads. That is what the 2016 presidential election feels like to me. I don’t want either entrée, but I’m hungry and I have to eat, so I am forced to choose between a salad or condiments. Salad pl...
Green vote in a blue state
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
November 2, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
On Tuesday, voters will blacken the bubble that will determine what life in the U.S. will look like for the next four years: a dismal picture under Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and a downright horrifying one under Republican nominee Donald Trump. I am 23 years old and this is the first year I will...
Meet Gary Johnson: Libertarian Party nominee
Sean McCarthy,
Staff Writer
September 28, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson will not win the election this year, but he will help determine who becomes the next president of the United States of America. Johnson is a third party politician running for president under the Libertarian Party. Johnson was an accomplished athle...
Republicans shift focus from White House to Congress
Sean McCarthy,
Staff Writer
August 31, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics
Donald Trump no doubt wishes he could have a re-do for the entire month of August. Towards the end of July, Trump had the lead over Hillary Clinton by up to 10 points in various polls, according to Real Clear Politics. One month later, Trump is about 10 points behind Clinton in the polls. ...
Political choices are colorblind
Ira Lazo,
Contributor
August 18, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics
My friend Mike is a Chinese American whose family moved here 14 years ago seeking the “American Dream.” I’ll never forget when Mike confessed to me that he was a Republican. I’m a liberal Asian, and my whole life have assumed that most Asians were liberal, so I was shocked. Our co...
Tim Kaine is the right choice
Samuel Salisbury,
Contributor
August 17, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
When Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for the President of the United States of America on July 26, many Democrats still said “Bernie or Bust,” clinging to Bernie Sanders, the more left-leaning candidate that they truly wanted. I was never in this camp. I was always firmly in ...
Who broke the American election system?
Kathleen Stevens,
Contributor
August 3, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics
We are rapidly approaching one of the most unique national elections in recent history. It has become a political circus instead of an election and to further aggravate the situation, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton seems to have developed a clear plan of attack to solve our country’s many s...
On eve of Hillary Clinton’s nomination, a historic moment is overshadowed
Julia Prodis Sulek,
East Bay Times
July 27, 2016
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
With all the high drama, name-calling and intraparty revolts defining this presidential campaign season, a long-awaited moment in American history is being largely overshadowed. When the Democratic National Convention takes over this iconic U.S. city this week, Hillary Clinton will take her place...
Warren best fit for Clinton
Sean McCarthy,
Contributor
July 14, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics
Here we are in 2016, on the cusp of our first female president. Bernie Sanders publicly admitted last month in a C-SPAN interview that he will not receive the Democratic nomination and officially endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, so Clinton it is. Had Clinton gone up against a moderate republica...
Clinton’s big win in California: Why were the polls so wrong?
Aaron Kinney,
East Bay Times
June 9, 2016
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
A trio of polls showed a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in California, but by early Wednesday morning it was clear Clinton, who claimed the Democratic nomination Tuesday night at a rally in New York, would roll to a resounding victory over the Vermont senator. The question, as daw...
