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Why Argue Against the Facts?

Immigration is good for the economy. Both Philip E. Wolgin and Alex Nowrasteh came to an agreement on that point. In fact, Wolgin pointed out that economic growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship are all positive economic effects of immigration. Furthermore, both Wolgin and Nowrasteh argued that immigrants were more complimentary workers to that of the average…

The Debate that Shouldn’t Be a Debate

Immigration is a unique issue in American politics today, in that it garners some of the most dramatic emotional reactions from politicians and voters alike. It differs from other divisive issues, however, in that the accepted academic view of immigration is not at all divisive. Liberal Philip Wolgin from the Center of American Progress and…

Just Wait in Line!

The immigration politics panel consisted of two speakers, Philip Wolgin and Alex Nowrasteh. Wolgin is the managing director for the immigration policy team at the Center for American Progress and Nowrasteh is the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. These two speakers talked about immigration myths, border enforcement,…

How to Excite your Partisan Party

In Perrin’s American Democracy, he discusses how social attachments hold more weight in one’s voter behavior than voter influences (gender, education, age, race). We saw how this was true at the Hillary Clinton rally, where people cheered for anything that she said, even though no political issues were addressed. This shows that Secretary Clinton knows…

Paralyzing Panics

The WFU Law School Review hosted a symposium covering human trafficking last week, and one of the many seminars focused their discussion of human trafficking as a moral panic. There seemed to be several approaches to her discussion that explored the paralyzing panic that often accompanies human trafficking. Each year, there is a new report…

Let’s Rally

On October 27th, 2016 I attended my first political rally. Though I am not a particularly political person, I felt that it wasn’t an option for me to see go see Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton speak. I was overwhelmed before I even entered the venue. As I waited in the horrendously long line people…

Not Voting is the Real Crime

While waiting for Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, I sat with thousands of my closest friends in the LJVM Coliseum. As congress members and candidates came up to speak, I mostly people watched in efforts to make sense of what was going on. Going into the event, I was not sure what to expect given…

Hillary and Michelle take on Winston-Salem

I, along with roughly 11,000 other people, attended the Hillary Clinton/Michelle Obama rally at our very own Wake Forest coliseum last week. Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama’s rally was centered around the importance of voting and was understandably attempting to sway voters to the left. I found it immensely interesting, however, that Hillary was the…

Girl Power

Deborah Ross’ panel was centered around domestic violence and the importance of having women in political office. Alongside Ross stood several other strong women who hold well-respected positions within Winston-Salem, as well as several Wake Forest ‘Wake the Vote’ students. Ross began her talk by highlighting the importance of the working woman and the goal…

Americans: Lovers of Outrage

Outrage gets the American people talking and thus is a goldmine for advertisers. The Outrage Industry makes money for name-calling. In December 2013, Martin Bashir made news for calling Sarah Palin a “world class idiot” and saying that someone should dedicate in her mouth. Wow. Gross. Comments such as these are now common place and…