Politics

Weekly News Roundup February 11-17

Ariana Grande Says “thank u, next” to Her Fourth #1 Album Ariana Grande’s fifth album “thank u, next” (her second in less than six months) debuted this week at #1 on the Billboard 200 (last August, “sweetener” also debuted at #1). Not only did she have two records debut at the top of the charts […]

An Interview with Congressman Beto O'Rourke

Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-Tex) is coming off the high of winning the Texas Democratic primary and is headed straight to the polls in November to take on Ted Cruz for his seat in the senate. O’Rourke spoke at SXSW this year specifically on campaign financing and how he has built his entire campaign on small donations […]

Day 1 Recap: Social Impact and Environmental Care

Today started off with Hugh Forrest, the Chief Programming Officer of SXSW, welcoming everyone to SXSW. This was the official first day, and it was full of various things to do across the entire city. His opening remarks included some housekeeping items, like safety regulations and reporting any suspicious activity you see at the festival. […]

A Unifying Conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders

As we embark into day one of South By Southwest, the hustle and bustle along with all the excitement is well underway. Everyone wants to talk to you and we all want to have those tough conversations. But as we all learned growing up, there are three things we know to never talk about at […]

Weekly News Roundup Feb. 3-10

Trump’s travel ban remains blocked The federal appeals court rejected Trump’s reinstatement request, which will likely be appealed. Breaking News: President Trump’s travel ban remains blocked: An appeals court rejected a bid to reinstate it. https://t.co/6asyLC0jzr — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2017 Trump immediately took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with […]

Organizing Volunteers at Bernie Sanders Campaign

At Big Organizing: Digital Tools in Bernie Sanders’ Campaign, Bernie Sanders campaign representatives shared some of the process and tools the campaign has implemented for mobilizing volunteers. Zack Exley and Becky Bond, senior advisors on the campaign, identified grassroots, in-person volunteer work as the life blood of the campaign. “A lot of what’s happened in this category of […]