Super Tuesday bar hopping finds Bernie stalwarts
By Roderick Diamond Medill Reports Bars across Chicago filled with Democratic presidential candidate supporters watching Super Tuesday primary results from 14 states. For stalwarts who felt the “Bern,” Burke’s bar in Edgewater Public House and the Teal Room in Roger Parks hosted events by Bernie Sanders’ campaign groups in those communities. The biggest winners of […]
Clinton supporters in Chicago look beyond her Super Tuesday wins
By Yingxu Jane Hao D emocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump dominated the Super Tuesday states this week, each winning seven. Both of them won in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia. Clinton also won Texas, and Trump Vermont. As Clinton supporters gathered in downtown Chicago to watch the […]
Columbia College students use art to fuel activism, voting
By Sophie Zhang While voters across the nation cast Super Tuesday ballots, Columbia College Chicago students merged their artistic talent with political activism through a free poster giveaway depicting candidates in the 2016 presidential election. The Art + Activism student group provided potential young voters with detailed voting information and tries to persuade people to register to […]
Hillary Clinton’s final rallying cry in South Carolina
By Caroline Kenny COLUMBIA, S.C.–Just 12 hours before the polls opened in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton was joined on stage by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and several other celebrities and prominent politicians on Friday night to get supporters fired up and ready to vote in the state’s Democratic Primary. In a crowded Boyd Plaza […]
Clinton ‘Firewall’ in South Carolina primary resonates in Illinois
By Caroline Kenny In the wake of her virtual tie in Iowa and a 20-point loss to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in New Hampshire last night, Hillary Clinton is looking to the next stop on the campaign trail, South Carolina, to lock down the votes in a more diverse state. Iowa has not always been kind […]
