This is the second part of a series on Georgia’s concurrent Senate races. Part I examined the history of concurrent Senate races in the United States, dug through complicated Georgia election laws and the odds of a January runoff for one or both seats, and profiled Jon Ossoff and David Perdue, two leading contenders for … Read more
The balance of the U.S. Senate may well be decided this cycle in Georgia. While media attention over the past few months has focused on competitive elections in Colorado, North Carolina, Maine, and Arizona, two concurrent Senate races for Republican-held seats in the emerging battleground have the potential to flip the Senate for Democrats — … Read more
Like many of my fellow New Yorkers, I feel all too familiar today with the sound of sirens. The eerie ambience of the ambulance has all but replaced the conventional roar of the “city that never sleeps.” With rare exceptions — from 9/11 to the wake of the 2016 presidential election — at 19 years … Read more
During these unprecedented times, something on many people’s minds is how voting should work in the time of COVID-19. However, this is not a new question. In the past, there has been widespread disagreement about what voting in modern America should look like — should there be automatic voter registration, more vote-by-mail, stricter voter ID … Read more
As the coronavirus pandemic rages across the U.S., a number of states — including Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania and 13 others — have postponed primaries and expanded absentee voting systems to reduce the risk associated with in-person voting. However, the absentee ballot systems that many of these states have adopted pose risks to election security due … Read more
Please note: This piece contains discussion of sexual harassment and/or assault. I am not equipped to write about Tara Reade’s horrifying allegations of sexual assault against Joe Biden. I am not prepared to stake my position in a debate over epistemology and evidence that encircles the truth, but doesn’t quite touch it. Instead, I want … Read more
With tensions over health care reform reaching critical levels, the coronavirus has shattered proposals for socialized health care. The last major shift in health care came in 2009 with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which passed Congress with 87% of Democratic support and a single Republican vote in favor. Since then, both sides have … Read more
From watching conservative lawmakers systematically strip women of their reproductive rights amidst the cover of the pandemic to envisioning the socially-distanced debates to come in the 2020 presidential election — two elderly white men, both in the high-risk range for COVID-19, duking it out on the national stage to take the helm of a nation … Read more
Dappled sunlight shone through the expansive emerald leaves which extended like a protective canopy over Satilla Drive. Between the white-paneled houses of south Georgian suburbia, Ahmaud Arbery was on his daily midday jog. He did not know that on the side of the street, two White men watched him. To them, Arbery — a Black … Read more
Disappointing turnout among millennial voters in the 2016 general election raised questions about their willingness to participate in elections and, consequently, their overall interest in politics. While this underwhelming level of participation stemmed from deeper issues, such as young people’s dislike of candidates at the national level and the fact that the current political and … Read more