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On May 12, House Republicans voted to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair. Cheney had been vocalizing her opposition to the “big lie”— that the 2020 election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump and that there was widespread election fraud. Cheney should not be idolized or glorified for speaking out against the...
The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|April 11, 2021 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league’s objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) On March 25, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp passed a law that rewrites Georgia election rules. The legislation, one of many proposals across the country to pass similar laws, follows a contentious election season in which false claims of vo...
The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|February 28, 2021 Donald Trump’s departure from office might have momentarily signified a relief from his influence on the political landscape, but support for the former president has gone back up in recent weeks among the Republican Party and, in particular, his supporters. Wayne Steger, a professor of political science at DePaul University, said that a struggle for identity within a party is always present, but support for Trump still remains strong. “There is always a struggle within the party over the identity and policy agenda of the par...
The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|February 14, 2021 Despite his best efforts to tout “progress,” President Joe Biden is still reminiscent of past eras of American politics in which promises of social change are over-promised and under-served. With a gridlocked Congress, Biden now faces the difficulty of following through on the policy change he has promised throughout his campaign while attempting to unite ever-growing divisions between the two parties. At any other time, Biden’s election into the presidency would be just that: business as usual. Except, it’s not just an...
The DePaulia Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer|January 18, 2021 When the Associated Press called the 2020 presidential election, half of the U.S. erupted in whoops and hollers while the other sunk solemnly into the arms of loved ones. The 2020 election’s significance was paramount, its outcome determining how the Covid-19 pandemic, which rattled the world and left over 2 million dead, would play out over the next four years. Not only was Covid-19 a concern on both sides of the aisle but also the future of the country. Democrats made pleas to protect federal welfare programs, which made Republican...