Claremont McKenna alumnus Montana Gov. Steve Bullock CM ’88 announced Monday that he is running for Senate, reversing an earlier decision not to run.
Tag: Politics
The bassline: A Swift transition from ‘Red’ to blue — Taylor Swift’s political fight
Music columnist Kyla Walker PO ’22 explores Taylor Swift’s whirlwind transition from political privacy to political activism in “Miss Americana.”
Scripps announces commencement keynote speaker
The president of EMILY’s List will headline commencement ceremony at Scripps.
Scripps professor Vanessa Tyson announces run for state legislature
Scripps professor Vanessa Tyson, who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, is running for a California Assembly seat.
Claremont trustees have donated more than $7 million to political causes since 2015, with CMC leading the way
Members of the 5Cs’ boards of trustees have donated more than $7.3 million to political candidates and committees since 2015, a TSL analysis of Federal Election Commission data found.
From the Navy to North Korea to CMC, professor Mike Izbicki discusses his path to pacifism
Computer science professor Mike Izbicki discusses conscientious objection, teaching in North Korea, and machine learning for social change.
OPINION: The media needs to get over its obsession with Trump
The media fixates on the lurid personal details of Donald Trump’s administration, while ignoring other stories of much greater importance.
Regularly Scheduled Programming: ‘The Politician’ has my vote
In this week’s TV column, Claire DuMont SC ’23 reviews “The Politician” and its perplexing portrait of the American political system. She writes, “I was surprised to watch the trailer and discover that the show was actually about teenagers, not adult politicians … in a time so fraught with political disillusionment, politics can be like high school drama.”
OPINION: Popping an intellectually liberal bubble
Diversity, complex as it may be, must include an ideological component in order to properly represent the wide variety of identities people hold.
OPINION: Local journalism is dying. Here’s why we need to save it
Local journalism has faced extraordinary challenges over the last two decades, leading to the closure or consolidation of nearly 20% of local papers since 2004. As a result, almost 1,400 communities throughout the U.S. have been left without any local newspapers, creating news deserts, according to a report by the