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Binghamton University Alum Hakeem Jeffries Becomes New House Minority Leader in Democratic Leadership Shakeup

With Jeffries becoming more prominent in American politics now than ever before, Happy Medium offers a profile of the congressman as a politician and as a Binghamton alum.

1-3, Amanda Escotto, Binghamton, Binghamton University, Congress, democrats, election, hakeem, house, House of Representatives, jeffries, leadership, minority leader, nancy pelosi, Rhea Da Costa, United States

2022 Midterm Elections Recap

HM Political Director Bryan Goodman breaks down what happened in November and what it means going forward.

Biden, Bryan Goodman, Congress, democrats, Dobbs, election, GOP, House of Representatives, McCarthy, midterms, Republicans, state Senate, United States

Congressional District #19: Josh Riley vs. Marc Molinaro

A look into the upcoming congressional election in NY-19. Featuring an interview with Democratic candidate Josh Riley.

1-2, 2022, Binghamton, Congress, interview, Josh Riley, Marc Molinaro, midterms, Tim Martinson

Gen Z Candidates for Congress are Proving that Grassroots Organizing Works

– but not without the help of some
powerful allies.

1-2, 2022, bernie sanders, Congress, election, elise stefanik, elizabeth warren, florida, gen z, karoline leavitt, Martin Dolan, maxwell frost, midterms, new hampshire, ted cruz

Let’s Talk About Gerrymandering

“Courts ought not to enter this political thicket.”

1-2, colegrove, Congress, congressional lines, Emma Breuer, gaffney, Gerrymandering, legislature, midterms, Redistricting, Representation, rucho, Supreme Court, United States

The Midterm Effect: Why The Incumbent President’s Party Tends to Struggle

Every two years voters across the country get the opportunity to indicate their approval or disapproval of their current president through the midterm elections. But the inhabitants of the White House won’t change, so why should we care?

1-2, 2022, Abortion, Arwen O'Brien, Biden, Congress, democrats, Dobbs, election, inflation, midterms, Republicans

What Special Congressional Elections Tell Us About the Midterms

Political Director Bryan Goodman breaks down recent election results and examines data suggesting a current ‘blue shift’ in favor of Democrats.

1-2, Abortion, Alaska, Biden, blue shift, Bryan Goodman, Casey, Congress, Dobbs, election, Kansas, Planned Parenthood, referendum, Roe, Supreme Court, United States

SCOTUS Reform: Historical Attempts

With the recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision that overturned the previous abortion rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, calls for structural reform to the Supreme Court have increased.

Barrett, Biden, Congress, court packing, Dobbs, Garland, Ginsburg, Gorsuch, judicial reform, McConnell, Roe v. wade, Scalia, Supreme Court, Tim Martinson, United States

New Yorkers Who Held Power and Made History in Congress

With the midterm elections around the corner, we look back at some of the most influential and groundbreaking politicians that New York has sent to Washington.

1-1, civil rights, Congress, Hillary Clinton, midterms, New York, Representatives, Robert Kennedy, Tim Martinson, United States

The Dead Political Parties of America

By looking at failed American political parties, what they stood for, who made up their voter base, and why they fell, we can better understand our two-party system.

1-1, America, Congress, Democracy, Democratic Republican, election, Eric Wang, Federalist, History, Libertarian, Parties, party, Reform, Republican, Supreme Court, United States

A Sit-down with Former Congressional Candidate Mikayla Ridley

The following is an interview with Mikayla Ridley conducted on February 11, eight days after she dropped out of the NY-22 congressional race.

Campaign Finance Reform, Congress, Delgado, education, election, environment, government, LGBTQ+, Medicare for All, NY-19, NY-22, single-payer healthcare, Trevor Fornara
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