The U.S. presidential election ballot has changed dramatically over the past month, following incumbent President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democratic candidate. Harris…
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‘Somber applause’: Stanford experts, students consider Trump’s felony conviction
Former President Donald Trump was convicted last Thursday on 34 felony counts associated with orchestrated hush money payments that occurred prior to the 2016 presidential election. Trump is now the first former…
TTYL: Machiavelli today
In her bi-weekly column, Text to your life (TTYL), Sonnet Xu examines classics from years past that are timely in their messages to this day. Maybe the classics still have something to…
‘When good people walk away, the bad guys win’: Joe Simitian knows the Bay
This interview is part of a series with candidates for California’s 16th Congressional District. Democrat Joe Simitian M.A. ’00, a Santa Clara County supervisor, is running to fill Rep. Anna Eshoo’s seat….
Farm to (seat at) table: Alumni fondly trace political roots to Stanford
“I believe I can never give back to America everything this amazing country has given to me and my family,” Rep. Ted Lieu ’91 told The Daily. “It’s one of the reasons…
‘A new generation of leadership’: Assemblymember Evan Low runs for Congress
Content warning: This article includes references to rape. This interview is part of a series with candidates for California’s 16th Congressional District. Evan Low, a California state assemblymember, is running as a…
Protestors disrupt Saller, Martinez panel on antisemitism
President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez spoke to the importance of free speech and addressed the University’s response to antisemitism on campus during a panel hosted by pro-Israel student organizers Wednesday…
Former Marine Peter Dixon: ‘Democracy is on the line here’
This interview is part of a series with the candidates for California’s 16th Congressional District. Peter Dixon, an entrepreneur and former Marine, is running as a Democrat in the crowded open primary…