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Bernie Sanders stands for progressive values against unjust backdrop of political favoritism

Ryder Noah From February 11, 2020

Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden. After tallying complications, the Iowa Caucus yielded these candidates as the ones representative of what that state wants in a Democratic...

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Climate change: Where do the Democratic 2020 candidates stand?

Claire Hilbrecht September 16, 2019

As the 2020 presidential election draws nearer, it is important that we as students educate ourselves on the presidential candidates’ platforms. One issue that is of particular importance this election...

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Jeff Bezos donates to charity but shouldn’t be praised

September 14, 2018

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and the richest man on Earth, announced Thursday that he would invest $2 billion in eradicating homelessness and in preschool programs in underserved communities.Is it nice that...

Universal basic income could solve many of America’s issues

Dalton Stokes April 19, 2017

Recently there has been a following amassed behind an idea that many mainstream and moderate politicians would call socialist. The idea is a proposal for what is called a Universal Basic Income or UBI. The...

Cost to save a life increases after price gouging of Epipens.

Emily Crace September 7, 2016

If you have an allergy, you’re used to double-checking ingredients before eating something, asking who made the cookies that were brought in to a pot luck and possibly having to take medicine after a...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd at Transylvania University on May 16, 2016. On the eve of the Kentucky Democratic primary in 2008, Clinton spoke to a crowd at Transylvania University.

Clinton leads Sanders in a narrow Kentucky Democratic primary

News Staff May 17, 2016

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Kentucky's Democratic Primary Tuesday evening. The Associated Press said the race was "too close to call." The race was close...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd at Transylvania University on May 16, 2016. On the eve of the Kentucky Democratic primary in 2008, Clinton spoke to a crowd at Transylvania University.

Clinton speaks in Lexington prior to Tuesday’s Primary

Marc Thomas May 17, 2016

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton took her campaign to Lexington Monday evening to share her ideas to run the nation if she wins the election in November.In a last push for Kentucky’s...

Bernie Sanders rallies for American dream in Lexington

Marjorie Kirk May 5, 2016

[email protected] the May 17 primary approaching and the race for the Democratic candidate for president coming to an end, Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Lexington to take back the American dream from corporations...

Bill Clinton speech attracts students, discusses student debt

Cheyene Miller May 3, 2016

[email protected] president Bill Clinton dropped by campus Tuesday afternoon during his Kentucky bus tour to encourage students to vote for his wife and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in...

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Easter egg Sanders cartoon gives ignorant view of youth

Patrick Brennan March 28, 2016

Young liberals — we’re all lazy and want free stuff, right? Well, we are lazy when it comes to certain economic and political participation, but the portrayal of general laziness is an ignorant assumption.It...

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Low voter turnout erodes democracy

Editorial staff March 20, 2016

With just 18 percent of Republican voters participating in Kentucky’s recent Republican presidential caucus, Donald Trump took the victory and the most delegates. Voter turnout this low makes it hard...

Men supported their candidate more than women surveyed at UK.

UK’s Trump supporters heavily male, while Sanders wins broader audience

Patrick Brennan March 7, 2016

This year’s presidential election sports a glaring contradiction —  a female frontrunner on the Democratic side and a misogynist frontrunner for the Republicans.As the election nears, these issues...

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