Category: Political Participation
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Pakistan’s Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
The Pakistani parliament recently elected Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister. What precipitated the election of a new leader was the ousting of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Over the last several days Pakistan has been attempting to navigate a constitutional crisis in which Mr. Khan was removed from power in a no-confidence vote by parliament. […]
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Buoyed by Jobs Report, Biden Moves to Reduce Fuel Costs
The Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 431,000 jobs in March continuing a streak of consecutive months with positive employment numbers. The unemployment rate decreased to 3.6 percent which was the lowest since February 2020. President Joe Biden said that the jobs report was good for fighting inflation and that the economy had […]
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A Historic Choice for the High Court
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from the influential D.C. Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson would make history as the first African American woman to serve on the nation’s high court and her nomination fulfills a campaign promise made by the president. Moreover, Judge Jackson […]
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States Spar Over Redistricting Maps
Several states still had unresolved redistricting maps as midterm elections loomed in November. Congressional districts are redrawn after every decennial census and might determine which party controls the House of Representatives next January. The legislatures are tasked in most states with redistricting, but an increasing number have established commissions to draw more representative districts. Commissions, […]
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2020 Elections & Participation: Voter Turnout
While more people have voted than at any other time in American history, percentage-wise, this number does not quite break records. Given that around 239.2 million Americans were eligible to vote in 2020, the projected number of voters brings us to a 66.7% turnout rate. This makes 2020 the year with the highest voter turnout […]
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Student Walkout
Across the country, thousands of high school and college students walked out of their classrooms last week in protest , calling for greater gun control in the wake of the shootings in Parkland, Florida. Instructors, click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your classroom. The deck contains a writing prompt, a […]