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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Super Tuesday 2024 is superbly insignificant | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano March 4, 2024
Believe me, I despise Trump, don’t love Biden and am generally not thrilled at the idea of either of them being elected president for another four years. But I accepted a long time ago that this primary is a bust.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Can age just be a number this time? | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano February 2, 2024
Regardless of any gripes voters have surrounding his age, Biden is the least of all evils going into the 2024 presidential election. His win is vital to the preservation of American democracy.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Lowering the voting age also means increasing civics education in Boston Public Schools

Editors April 2, 2021
Boston should pass the new voting age, followed by civics education and accessible resources.
EDITORIAL: The two-party system can evolve to make third parties more prominent actors

EDITORIAL: The two-party system can evolve to make third parties more prominent actors

Editors September 17, 2020
Due to the complexities of the two-party system, the Green Party — along with other third parties — don’t stand a real chance at winning a presidential election.
WBUR CitySpace on Commonwealth Avenue. On June 23, WBUR held a virtual town hall briefing to discuss COVID-19, racial tensions and the 2020 presidential election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

WBUR town hall discusses how pandemic, racial tensions may factor into presidential election

Nancy Jiang July 3, 2020
While libraries, universities, museums and other educational institutions remain physically closed in Boston, venues for discussion have been moving forward online. WBUR’s CitySpace has continued to hold weekly virtual town hall briefings, including a June 23 talk entitled “COVID-19 And The Presidential Election.”
HAUSER: Presidential elections: France versus America

HAUSER: Presidential elections: France versus America

Jonathan Hauser November 30, 2016

While the fervor of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is dying down with Donald Trump as the president-elect, the French presidential election is starting to heat up for late April 2017. Like the United...

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...

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