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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Women in Government Hosts Lidia Stiglich, Nevada Supreme Court Justice

Women in Government Hosts Lidia Stiglich, Nevada Supreme Court Justice

Lily Bragin March 29, 2022

For the 2020-2021 school year, Vanderbilt University’s campus held 7,516 women pursuing degrees across our schools. This amounts to approximately 56% of students. In 2020, 51% of the law school students...

OPINION: Trans People, Sports, and Domination: Why Lia Thomas is Important to Bigots

OPINION: Trans People, Sports, and Domination: Why Lia Thomas is Important to Bigots

Benjamin Newcomb, Contributor March 23, 2022

"I am" - Exodus 3:14          I’d like to begin this opinion piece by congratulating Ms. Lia Thomas on her win in the 500-meter freestyle at the Ivy League nationals. As a former swimmer who...

The Met Gala: A Fusion of High Fashion and Political Perspectives 

The Met Gala: A Fusion of High Fashion and Political Perspectives 

Dylan Garwick, Contributor September 25, 2021

Making political statements on the public stage has been a staple of American history. From Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem, to The Chicks proclaiming that they were “ashamed the...

VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

Donald Hall, Senior Editor April 5, 2021

Members of the Vanderbilt College Republicans (VCR) and Vanderbilt College Democrats (VCD) took to the virtual last week, participating in a time-honored tradition of both organizations: the annual policy...

Image Credit: “Brittney Cooper at TEDWomen 2016” (unmodified) by Marla Aufmuth for TED Conference is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Black Women’s Eloquent Rage: A Lecture from Brittney Cooper

Lily Bragin March 31, 2021

Dr. Brittney Cooper encourages all Black women to embrace their rightful rage and use it as a tool, calling this practice “eloquent rage.” Dr. Cooper is a cultural theorist, activist, author, and Associate...

Transphobic Sensationalism Sweeps America

Transphobic Sensationalism Sweeps America

Benjamin Newcomb March 17, 2021

A filthy cache of transphobia has revealed itself in discourse surrounding and adjacent to the Equality Act, a bill passed in the House on Feb. 25 to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and...

Op-Ed: It's Time for Republicans to Leave Trump Behind

Op-Ed: It’s Time for Republicans to Leave Trump Behind

Donald Hall, Senior Editor January 23, 2021

Donald J. Trump is no longer the President of the United States. The results of the 2020 general election suggest that this will be a relief to roughly half of the country and a disappointment to the other...

[Op-Ed] Trump: A Legacy of Hatred, Dishonesty, and American Conservatism

[Op-Ed] Trump: A Legacy of Hatred, Dishonesty, and American Conservatism

Ian Stripling Jenson, Contributor January 7, 2021

The consummation of four years of incendiary rhetoric and thinly-veiled invocations to violence arrived just after 1:00 p.m. EST on Jan. 6 as a mob of Trump supporters, white nationalists, and QAnon-steeped...

Protestors in La Paz, Bolivia during the 2019 political crisis.

Why You Should Care About Bolivia’s 2020 General Election

Nathan Miao December 22, 2020

On Nov. 8, Luis Arce of the Movimiento al Socialismo Party (MAS) was inaugurated as the new president of Bolivia, almost a year after a right-wing military coup usurped former MAS president Evo Morales. Bolivians...

The Side Effect of a Stressful Election

The Side Effect of a Stressful Election

Megan Brennan, Contributor November 1, 2020

Is the upcoming election stressing you out? You’re not alone. In July, a Pew Research Center survey found that 55% of U.S. social media users said they were ‘worn out’ by political posts and discussions....

The General Assembly is Still Working to Quietly Undermine Trans Rights in Tennessee

The General Assembly is Still Working to Quietly Undermine Trans Rights in Tennessee

Ian Stripling Jenson, Contributor October 28, 2020

Senate Bill 2215/House Bill 2576—the latest addition to Tennessee’s infamous “Slate of Hate”— is a law currently making its way through the state’s General Assembly. The “Slate of Hate”...

The Anti-democratic Nature of Judicial Review: How Powerful is the Court?

The Anti-democratic Nature of Judicial Review: How Powerful is the Court?

Brandon Wolk, Contributor October 27, 2020

The year is 1800 and Republican representatives have earned a majority of spots in the political branches, but the Federalists still hold positions in the judiciary branch. In response, the newly instated...

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