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Students

Study: A Quarter of College Students Stressed Over 2016 Presidential Election

A new study from San Francisco State University (SFSU) revealed that 25 percent of college students have experienced a significant amount of stress over the 2016 presidential election and related events. Researchers from SFSU distributed a questionnaire to 769 college students taking an introductory psychology course two to three months after the election, according to […]

October 25, 2018

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Educators and Activists Discuss Civic and Political Engagement

The interconnection between the roles of educators and activists in today’s political climate were evident Monday during a roundtable discussion at Howard University that featured students, former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King, Jr. and social justice activist Brittany Packnett.

October 22, 2018

News Roundup

American University Creates Sine Institute of Policy and Politics

American University President Sylvia M. Burwell has announced the launch of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics. Capitalizing on AU’s location in the nation’s capital, the Institute will bring together experts and top scholars in the field with students in research and scholarship to work on the nation’s most pressing challenges in a way […]

September 25, 2018

African-American

Aretha Franklin, John McCain, and the Meaning of Legacy

Last week my twin obsessions with politics and pop culture collided as I joined millions of viewers watching the remembrances of soul singer Aretha Franklin and Senator John McCain. On the surface, it seems that these two American icons were remarkably different.

September 7, 2018

News Roundup

Michael Steele Appointed Brown Faculty Fellow

Conservative political commentator and former chair of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, has been appointed as a faculty fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. “Michael Steele has had an extraordinary and ongoing career spanning law, business, politics, public service and journalism,” said Edward Steinfeld, director of the […]

August 31, 2018

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Howard University Taps Donna Brazile for Endowed Chair

Howard University has announced the appointment of influential and veteran political strategist Donna Brazile, former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, to a post as an endowed Chair in Public Policy.

August 20, 2018

Students

Survey Explores College Students’ Beliefs, Activism

Nearly six in 10 college students would protest publicly for a cause they care about, according to a  survey conducted over the last three weeks that highlighted college students’ beliefs surrounding political, social and environmental issues.

July 9, 2018

Native Americans

As American as Apple Pie

America isn’t divided by pundits and peddlers. It isn’t divided by vacuous political labels that tell us little about people’s commitment to mutual progress. Our country is divided because promoting the politics of exclusion is as American as apple pie.

June 21, 2018

Opinion

Teaching and Learning on the Front Lines

If you can draw on your citizenship, class and tenure status as a teacher, then you must find ways to change your pedagogical approach and reach out to and advocate for the most vulnerable students in the current political climate.

April 10, 2018

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After Charlottesville Incident, UVA Students Mobilized Voters to the Polls

Bret Curtis, a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, watched as recent events catapulted his beloved university into the national spotlight. There was the abduction and murder of a student, a high-profile magazine article reporting on false rape allegations and, most recently, a violent march of racist extremists.

November 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

BYU Professor Denied Spot in GOP Race for Chaffetz Seat

SALT LAKE CITY — A judge has denied a Brigham Young University professor’s emergency request to be allowed to run in a packed Republican field to replace outgoing Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Chia-Chi Teng is teaching in China this summer. He tried to file to run in a special election via video conference before last week’s […]

June 4, 2017

Women

Katy Perry Visits UNLV Dorms, Urges Students to Vote Clinton

LAS VEGAS ― UNLV students relaxing in their dorms got an unexpected knock on their doors Saturday afternoon from Katy Perry, who was roaming the halls and drumming up support for Hillary Clinton on the first day of early voting in Nevada. The singer famous for songs like “Teenage Dream” and “Waking up in Vegas” […]

October 23, 2016