Author: Sydney Robinson

In a landmark reversal of his campaign promise, President Donald Trump’s administration has elected to allow Dreamers to remain in the United States. The move is likely to anger much of the President’s base, but it will provide relief to millions of Dreamers and their families. Individuals who fall under the ‘Dreamer’ designation, as defined by President Obama, are children of undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. not by their own choosing. These individuals were brought to America as young children. Advocates argued, and the Obama administration agreed, that these individuals, while technically existing illegally in the nation,...

According to a survey conducted in 2016 by Harvard, more than half of young Americans outright reject capitalism, while a full third support socialism. 51 percent of young people polled, ages 18 to 29, rejected capitalism. In a similar Pew poll conducted in 2011, more young people in the same age group had a favorable opinion of socialism over capitalism. These numbers may come as a shock to older generations who revere capitalism and revile anything resembling the victims of the red scare. And yet, what the numbers reveal is that an increasing number of young Americans are much more...