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During Lehman’s Spring 2019 semester, Professor Dhipinder Walia (otherwise known as the Notorious DW), had her English 121 class write a series of blog posts. These blog posts had two primary functions: to expose […]

David’s critique was mostly positive, but he did note that I should insert my opinion about Matt Santos’ run for president a bit more. Overall, I think that inserting my opinion a bit more on all topics (even […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been wrapped up in a recent controversy regarding the way in which he interacts with women. Lucy Flores, the former candidate for lieutenant governor in Nevada, accused Biden of […]

Below is a survey that I’ve created that I would send out to politically active young people. I’ve explained each of the questions directly below the questions. DW/anyone who reads this: feel free to take the […]

Please don’t laugh. The picture came out terrible, but inside the D says “Do universities teach kids to be progressive? Does it teach them to be radical? Pragmatic? Do those who claim universities indoctrinate […]

When thinking back who from American history (focusing on American history because my project focuses on radicalism in American politics) I should write about for this blog post, I decided early on that I should […]

In general, elections are divided into two categories: midterm and presidential elections. In both cases, the election is a referendum — the former a referendum on the incumbent president, and the latter a […]

(A note: I went to a rally for Bernie on Saturday, and I’m going to quote a bit from him, in case you were wondering where some of the quotations/mentions were coming from. I’ll attach pictures from the rally at […]

The best part about living such a mobile life — going to school, working, doing extracurricular, going out with friends — is that I’m exposed to a lot of different spaces, all the time. Another part of my […]

Prompt 1: What event of memory do you still want an apology for? How can you get this apology? How will your life change if you get this apology?

Before I was born, or shortly thereafter, my biological father […]

Where are we going? I mean, where are we going as a country? Forgive me if I expose some of my political beliefs here (is that even a bad thing?), I’m sure you’ll learn quite quickly that I’m into politics, but […]

It’s really tough to say whether or not the five-paragraph essay has outlived its purpose, or whether it was defunct in the first place, or if it’s a useful tool for students after all.

In my experience as a […]