Category: Politics in Pop Culture
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“The Name is Mamdani”: How Zohran Mamdani Won the New York City Mayoral Election Through Social Media
Zohran Mamdani revolutionized digital campaigning in a way that yielded him unprecedented youth turnout and the largest number of votes won in an NYC mayoral election since the 1960s.
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Why “No Kings” Forgets the Legacy of American Dissent
While the No Kings movement achieved record-breaking turnout, its prioritization of broad accessibility over strategic tension has traded institutional leverage for an impotent, high-volume cultural event. Following the second large-scale No Kings Protest, drawing more than seven million people nationwide, uncertainty lingers: what’s next? However, the more important question, overlooked…
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The Fantastic Nightmare of Generative AI
The lack of legislation surrounding generative AI has made its use increasingly unstable
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Trump Wants to Rock and Roll All Nite at the Kennedy Center
All four founding members of KISS reacted positively to the band’s nomination for the Kennedy Center Honors. In their statements accepting the distinction, both Stanley and Simmons emphasized the band’s alignment with American values. Simmons called KISS “the embodiment of the American dream,” while Stanley affirmed that “from our earliest…
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The War on “Woke”
A butterless scone has triggered a national identity crisis — and somehow, it’s “woke’s” fault. This essay unpacks how a term born from anti-racist resistance became a rhetorical void; a convenient, shape-shifting scapegoat co-opted by those more afraid of discomfort than injustice.
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America’s Culture War Now and Then: How the Modern Right is Attempting to Transform our Language and Culture to Replicate the Bygone Past
This January marks the inauguration of the 47th president of the United States of America Donald J. Trump. As soon as our president was handed a pen, a flurry of executive orders came from his desk with the topics ranging from granting clemency to Jan. 6 defendants to an attempt…
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How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Insanity
The annual Army-Navy showdown is one of college football’s most anticipated games of the year. This time, the Navy Midshipmen pulverized the 22nd ranked Army Black Knights. But, the game’s reach extends beyond football. The contest celebrates America’s military might. That alone guarantees a good turn-out. Who needs football when…
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Beyond the Lens: The Unspoken Power of Photojournalism
We’ve all heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Think about the haunting “Falling Man” photograph taken by Richard Drew during the September 11 attacks. Despite being captured over 13 years ago, the image of a man tumbling headfirst from the World Trade Center remains etched into…
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Who Will Be Our Future Leaders?
The future leaders may be shaped by society’s obsession with their pasts, influencing how voters perceive them. Opponents often attack candidates through extensive research on personal histories. This scrutiny can hinder authentic individualism and lead to bland politicians, while anonymity and privacy online could foster more genuine political discourse.
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Reflections on the Revolution in Iowa
In recent years, a host of rebellious “anti-Trump” conservative intellectuals and thinkers have published scores of books and articles bemoaning the demise of the Republican party. To hear them tell it, Donald Trump sounded the death knell of Lincoln and Buckley’s party. In one spray-tanned swoop, Trump obliterated norms, habits and customs;…
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