It is hard to see the first 15 months of Biden’s presidency as anything but a failure. However, it is hard to imagine things going differently for any other Democratic president. Biden’s presidency has been riddled with no win scenarios, difficult roadblocks, and inherited problems from previous administrations.
—Dustin Garza
Read MorePresident Joe Biden and the Democratic party are faced with a historical storm of events as a world barely emerging from a pandemic is now reckoning with a war in Europe. These volatile global events have spurred an alarming rise in inflation, causing many Americans to feel as if Biden has fallen short of his promise to recover the economy.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreTying countries together economically intended to construct a system for automatic and discretionary consequences for aggressive action. However, through the decades of relative international peace we have yet to see a successful, full-scale test of this ideology. Russia’s war on Ukraine highlights the failures of economically bonded world peace.
— Elizabeth Johnson
Read MoreDuring the past 50 years, US migration policy has been influenced by political agendas and fear instead of facts and human rights concerns. As a result, US politicians have demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding migration and the border region, which has had real consequences in the lives of migrants and on life in border communities.
—Katie Cooper
Read MoreDon’t Look Up was a disappointment. Not because it was a bad movie. It was fine—the performances all shine, it elicits laughs when it needs to, and there’s a strong plot throughout. My issue with it, however, is the social value it purports to convey.
— Atharv Gupta
Read MoreRising from the grave of the 2021 Oregon legislative session comes HB 4002, a bill to grant farmworkers the right to overtime pay. Loved by the workers, and feared by farm owners, the resurrection and reconsideration of this bill has garnered national attention.
— Elizabeth Johnson
Read MoreBiden has had a lot on his plate recently, from worsening political gridlock, to women’s reproductive rights being increasingly restricted as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis and an economy recovering from COVID-19. He had a lot of ground to cover in this historical event. Here is a list of the most memorable and notable moments from Biden’s address to the nation.
— Srishti Khemka
Read MoreAt the first “Know You Power Forum” hosted by Georgetown’s Institute for Politics and Public Service, Rashida Jones shared valuable insights from her long career in journalism as the president of MSNBC and the first Black executive to lead a major news network.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreJustice Breyer has been in the majority for decisions that have granted gay marriage and upheld the Affordable Care Act, and his successor has big shoes to fill.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreDelkic’s journey at the Times carried her from an internship, to the editor for the second and third pages of the paper, and finally to a writing role. But, one through-line of her time is her continued interest and responsibility in reading other peoples’ stories.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreInvoking the legacy of colonialism, the Kenyan delegation excoriated President Putin for his exploitation of ethnic tensions and irredentist visions to justify his bombardment of a sovereign power.
— Zach Fotiadis
Read MoreThe Georgetown Class of 2017 graduate with a degree in International Politics, Sarah Mucha, has spent her post-grad years in the newsroom, on the campaign trail, and now in front of the camera.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreThough it seems like a footnote on the 2021 American insurrection, it has been a full year since a presidential inauguration. On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden took the oath of office, and 365 days later, so much has changed but so much has stayed the same.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreWhile perhaps intended as a semi-cheeky rhetorical jab at the political opposition undermining her party’s legislative agenda, the comment encapsulated a far more profound sentiment in my eyes. It served as a diagnosis of the increasingly regressive nature of partisan politics in 21st Century American democracy.
— Zach Fotiadis
Herein lies the paradox of electability: by thinking that someone is unlikely to be elected, and therefore not voting for them, you yourself are making it impossible for them to win.
— Lindsey Gradowski
Read MoreIn an attempt to lower the price tag of the Build Back Better plan, the White House has cut tuition-free community college from the spending bill. The decision to sacrifice tuition free community college in exchange for a cheaper spending bill may end up costing the American government more in the long run in unemployment benefits and economic stimuli.
— Katie Cooper
Nicaragua and Colombia went before the International Court of Justice in September 2021 as the first step towards resolving alleged violations of Nicaraguan sovereignty in the Caribbean.
— Riley Swain
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