A right to vote
The importance of voting in 2020
In a nation of over 330 million people, it’s easy to feel like your vote is insignificant — like you don’t make a difference. However, after speaking with some politically […]
A community divided
The polarizing debate of climate change broken down
The snow piles up on Moscow city sidewalks. Cars drive by, splashing dirty slush as they pass. Meanwhile, Logan Heflin sits outside city hall, an umbrella in hand and a […]
Documented and Afraid
UI students reflect on the impacts of negative rhetoric and a Trump presidency on immigration policies
Ashley Ayala remembers Nov. 8, 2016, with tears in her eyes. When Donald Trump announced his intention to run for president in the summer of 2015, Ayala said she and […]
Where Civility Stands
As politics grow more partisan, Palouse community members reflect on civility and political conversation
Politics have become messy. Public trust in institutions has dwindled. Discourse has become strained. People have increasingly segmented themselves off in groups. And public displays — both from public officials […]
‘Why not women?’
Idaho’s female politicians are aiming for local progress in 2018, helping to grow the nation’s number of female representatives
In 1920, when Suffragettes took to streets across America, U.S. women were finally given full voting rights under the 19th Amendment. Later, when Betty Friedan published “The Feminine Mystique” in […]