Michael O'Neill

• Elections
• Law/Justice
• United States

  In early September, the Twitter account of Texas Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz “liked” a post containing explicit pornographic video content. Once noticed by other Twitter users, the news shot around social ...

• United States

Last month, outspoken conservative political pundit Tomi Lahren went on the morning talk show The View. To the surprise of many, Lahren made comments in support of abortion rights. “I am someone who is for limited government, so I can’t sit here ...

• Culture
• LGBTQ+ Politics
• United States

Author’s Note: I recognize that I, as a cisgender person, have immense privilege and limited perspective and personal experience regarding the issues non-cisgender people face. I chose to write about this topic because I think it’s an exceptional...

• United States

When the NFL franchise formerly known as the San Diego Chargers announced in January that, after 56 years, the team would be relocating to Los Angeles, the news did not go over well. Fans in San Diego converged upon the team’s soon-to-be-abandoned ...

• Elections
• United States

In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before. Never has it been so easy for Americans from all walks of life and from all regions of the country to engage in p...

• Education
• United States

Misunderstandings and failures of communication have long plagued social activism and its subsequent role in political discourse. Important conversations about race, gender, and more often get bogged down by a lack of accurate knowledge from one or m...

• Education
• United States

While the proposition to legalize marijuana has taken up the most oxygen of Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives, another issue is just as consequential: charter schools. Question 2, if approved, would expand existing charter schools and/or authorize ...

• Elections
• United States

This election cycle, voter turnout has been a major topic of discussion. With a presidential race that features two highly disliked yet well-known candidates, it is difficult to predict whether turnout will be driven down by disillusionment or up by ...

• Elections
• Health
• United States

This past summer, statues depicting a completely nude Donald Trump popped up overnight in five major American cities. The statues, commissioned by street art collective Indecline, left nothing to the imagination.  In addition to this profane display...

• United States

Those even remotely cognizant of the current political climate will know that the United States is currently experiencing a period of self-reflection and social activism as the country debates and grapples with its history and present reality of raci...

• Race
• United States

The Office of Management and Budget was formed in 1970 to help “serve the President of the United States in implementing his vision across the Executive Branch,” according to their official mission statement. While the OMB’s most significant re...

• United States

Throughout history, a foundational divide in American politics has split the federal government. In the early days of the republic, quarreling between the Federalists (represented by John Adams) and Democratic-Republicans (led by Thomas Jefferson) o...