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EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton has right to play "woman card" as Donald Trump suggests

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton has right to play “woman card” as Donald Trump suggests

Editors April 28, 2016

It’s the same old sexism from Trump again. Republican candidate Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing the “woman’s card” and said, “If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she...

GAMADES: Ted Cruz and John Kasich alliance futile

GAMADES: Ted Cruz and John Kasich alliance futile

Lucy Gamades April 28, 2016

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced last Sunday that they would team up to stop Donald Trump, adopting a last-ditch philosophy that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Well,...

GAMADES: New York primary rules frustrating, ridiculous but not voter supression

GAMADES: New York primary rules frustrating, ridiculous but not voter supression

Lucy Gamades April 21, 2016

New York had its presidential primary on Tuesday, and there are a lot of people who are not happy with how it went down. The state has a closed primary, which means voters must be registered as a Democrat...

NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

Olivia Nadel April 15, 2016

When I first tell people that I’m from the United States, the order of conversation usually proceeds as follows: me clarifying that no, I’m not from New York City but instead upstate New York, that...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday that Boston will host nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Early voting sites to come to Boston for 2016 election

Dave Sebastian April 12, 2016

In an effort to provide flexibility for voters, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election as a part of the Early Voting Initiative,...

EDITORIAL: The Boston Globe unabashedly satirizes future Donald Trump presidency

EDITORIAL: The Boston Globe unabashedly satirizes future Donald Trump presidency

Editors April 11, 2016

The Boston Globe offered a glimpse into a possible American future Saturday — one with President Donald Trump. The Globe published “a front page in Trump’s America” Saturday on the cover of the...

BURSTEIN: Donald Trump mishandles Ted Cruz's infidelity rumors, offends women

BURSTEIN: Donald Trump mishandles Ted Cruz’s infidelity rumors, offends women

Sarah Burstein March 29, 2016

The National Enquirer claimed Wednesday that it received confirmation of presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s affairs with five different women, including a prostitute, a teacher and coworkers. When...

YANK-JACOBS: Paul Ryan's speech shows commitment to common ground

YANK-JACOBS: Paul Ryan’s speech shows commitment to common ground

Kobe Yank-Jacobs March 27, 2016

Jack Kemp, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a conservative hero throughout the Reagan, Bush and Clinton eras, once said, “The purpose of politics is not to defeat your opponent as...

EDITORIAL: Diversity, not Donald Trump, is Emory University's real problem

EDITORIAL: Diversity, not Donald Trump, is Emory University’s real problem

Editors March 27, 2016

Emory University students launched protests against pro-Donald Trump chalk messages that appeared around the university’s campus in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, The Washington Post reported. Students...

EDITORIAL: Political protests turning to madness this election

EDITORIAL: Political protests turning to madness this election

Editors March 22, 2016

These days, protests are beginning to look more like pro-messes. At a Saturday rally for Democratic candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a topless woman sat on a man’s shoulders to protest Republican...

GAMADES: All eyes should be on Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama's joint climate change efforts

GAMADES: All eyes should be on Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama’s joint climate change efforts

Lucy Gamades March 16, 2016

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama had a meeting Thursday, and the Internet went wild, myself included. What wasn’t there to love? Two charismatic world leaders met...

REMILLARD: Hillary Clinton hides gaffes in Donald Trump's shadow

REMILLARD: Hillary Clinton hides gaffes in Donald Trump’s shadow

Christopher Remillard March 14, 2016

At the time I’m writing this, if you go to CNN’s website, nine out of the 12 articles at the top of the page are about Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. The deluge of Trump coverage in this election...

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