Florida’s Democratic primary produced three very different outcomes, doing little to resolve the party’s never-ending identity crisis. The Senate race was one of the biggest surprises of the night. Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon faced former Director of European Affairs Alex Vindman. Poll after poll showed Vindman leading, but, like in Wisconsin, the polls were wrong. Nixon won the nomination by more than ten points and now faces incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody (NBC News, 2026c). Nixon’s victory was unexpected. Florida has become increasingly conservative in statewide elections, and her win has forced Democrats to reconsider what kind of candidate can…

The United States spends around $5.7 trillion on healthcare each year. However, millions of Americans remain uninsured or underinsured. A new Yale study estimates that a single-payer healthcare system could cover every American while also reducing annual healthcare spending by $1.04 trillion. It also projects that such a system could save around 114,000 lives each year. Sounds too good to be true, right? This study is not peer-reviewed research, nor is it a guarantee of the future; it is a modeled projection. But these numbers raise an important question: If a single-payer system could potentially save $1.04 trillion annually, where…

Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesLimits on federal borrowing may reduce excessive student loan debt. Still, without tackling the underlying issue of rising tuition costs in graduate education, the number of individuals who can obtain these advanced degrees may be reduced. In 2025, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, more commonly known as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ eliminated the Grad PLUS Loan Program. On July 1, 2026, the new federal student loan policy went into effect. This policy reclassified certain advanced degree programs as professional and other graduate programs. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “I’ve heard this before,”…