Emma Obregon Dominguez is an immigrant from Guatemala raised in Miami, FL. Emma is a rising junior pursuing a major in History and a minor in Public Health at Boston University. She is also part of the university’s Kilachand Honors College. Additionally, Emma writes for BU’s non-partisan student-run Boston Political Review and the non-profit organization Migration Tales.
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How’s Job Hunting Going for the Class of 2021? We Checked In with Some Soon-to-be Grads
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Seniors share their strategies for finding employment
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, it more or less eviscerated the market for entry-level jobs. Thanks to hiring freezes, furloughs, layoffs, and rescinded offers, the national employment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds ballooned to a dismal 25.7 percent last May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly a year later, prospects for 2021 graduates are on the upswing, says a National Association of Colleges and Employers March report: employers project hiring 7.2 percent more college graduates this year than last.
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writer Moxie Thompson on the controversial US Electoral College.
As election season dies down and tempers start to even with the nearing arrival of a new president, a debate remains alive and well in US politics; a foundational issue many feel needs amending and a historical attestation of the institution which got us here: the Electoral College.
The Electoral College is the group of electors who meet every four years to choose the president of the United States. Each state is apportioned the same number of electors as its number of members in the House of Representatives and Senate, along with three District of Columbia representatives, conglomerated to form an academy of 538 electors with the sole purpose of choosing the next commander-in-chief. Federal officeholders cannot serve as electors.