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The Senate’s tax bill will reduce the deductibility of student loans. PHOTO BY BRIAN MCHALE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Republican tax plan unsettles university students

Anu Sawhney December 10, 2017

The U.S. Senate passed a bill for tax reform early Saturday morning aimed at inciting economic growth over the next decade. Although the Senate’s bill and the House of Representatives’ bill varied...

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max Berman October 10, 2017

When founding the United States as a constitutional democracy, the founding fathers’ inspirations were theoretical — there was no modern republic they were trying to emulate, only theories of the unalienable...

SMITH: Scotland sees politics very differently

SMITH: Scotland sees politics very differently

Paige Smith March 29, 2017

Scotland has a curious relationship with independence. I’m currently enrolled in a Scottish medieval history class whilst abroad, and it has been nothing short of an eye-opening experience. For many...

HAGERTY: This season on “The Presidency”

HAGERTY: This season on “The Presidency”

Grace Hagerty March 28, 2017

Every president manipulates the media, but no one does it quite like Donald Trump. On Friday at 3:31 p.m., Trump called The Washington Post’s Robert Costa to announce that the American Health Care Act...

STROINSKI: The Trumpcare debate

STROINSKI: The Trumpcare debate

Anna Stroinski March 13, 2017

Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced the Affordable Care Act’s replacement with a dense and flashy PowerPoint — the American Health Care Act. For some, the problems are in the details. The new...

Derecka Purnell speaks at BUNITED's Student Diversity Conference Saturday afternoon about empowering young people to be culturally conscious. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student-led diversity conference sparks conversation about race

Sabrina Schnur February 20, 2017

Approximately 130 local college students gathered for the BUNITED Student Diversity Conference featuring keynote speaker, third-year Harvard Law School student Derecka Purnell, in the George Sherman...

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,...

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...

GAMADES: Republican Party bound to implode

GAMADES: Republican Party bound to implode

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2016

Not to sound arrogant, but some friends and I predicted the death of the Republican Party when we were in high school. We were 17 and naïve, but loud enough that the couple in the booth behind us at this...

YANK-JACOBS: Supreme Court term limits should follow Antonin Scalia's death

YANK-JACOBS: Supreme Court term limits should follow Antonin Scalia’s death

Kobe Yank-Jacobs February 22, 2016

Following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and President Barack Obama’s subsequent assurance that he would nominate a successor, political punditry has revolved around the strategy Obama will use to...

REMILLARD: Trump-less debate chance to refocus GOP

REMILLARD: Trump-less debate chance to refocus GOP

Christopher Remillard January 29, 2016

Late Tuesday evening, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would not be participating in Thursday’s FOX News Republican Debate, the last before the first voters voice their opinions...

EDIT: Baby steps to a balanced budget

Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2013

The U.S. government is finally working again. On March 1, budget sequestration saved the country over $85 billion through massive spending cuts.  Families throughout the country, especially associated...

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