On Tuesday, March 27, the Columbia Democrats and the Columbia University College Republicans held their final debate of the year, hosted and moderated by the Columbia Political Union. Representing the Democrats were Sejal Singh, CC ’15, and Austin Heyroth, CC ’15, while Jamie Boothe, CC ’15 argued alone on behalf of CUCR. Capping off an academic year that has seen wide-ranging CPU debates on the minimum wage, religion in the public sphere, and...
by George Joseph Political clubs across campus decry human rights violations just about as often as Columbia tries to destroy Harlem. Republicans, Democrats, and everyone in between rail on Iran, China, and Russia for their dehumanizing working conditions because they are easy targets. It’s easy to have speakers, discussions, and co-sponsorships on international labor issues no one can do anything about. A lot of chatter and yelling gets your a...
...60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary, which had previously been the restriction of the McCain-Feingold Act since 2002. What does this mean for the way campaigns and policymaking are influenced in the future? Democrats (Janine Balekdjian): Citizens United cut against a century of both legal and judicial precedent, including the bipartisan McCain-Feingold Act of 2002, which the high court upheld in McConnell v. FEC (2003) before o...
...e of the mandated contraceptives coverage, urging the government to refrain from overstepping its role. This very debate has exploded into a national conversation about women’s rights. As a result, we have brought together CU Democrats, College Republicans, and Columbia Right to Life to share their thoughts on what they believe the notion of women’s rights entails and whether it extends to having the right to terminate a pregnancy. As my tenure a...
Do You Believe Women’s Rights Includes the Right to Terminate a Pregnancy? Illustration by Alison Cohen C U Democrats By Sarah Gitlin: Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. It may sound like a trite bumper-sticker slogan, but given that so many inourgeneration claim, “I’m not a feminist, but I believe in women’s equality,” maybe we need to reflect on what exactly feminists believe, and what we do not. Let’s start with what we d...
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