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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Jay Kemp, Editorial Columnist

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Senate election results continue to be counted.

Column: Democrats didn’t take back the Senate — what now for Biden’s agenda?

Jay Kemp, columnist
November 17, 2020

After entering Election Day with high hopes and a promising field of candidates to flip the Senate, Democrats ultimately failed to do so, leaving few paths for Biden to effectively enact his agenda.  Democrats...

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Question 2, or ranked choice voting, will be on the November Mass. ballot.

Column: Northeastern, vote yes on ranked choice voting

Jay Kemp, columnist
October 14, 2020

From 29 candidates in the Democratic presidential primary to nine primary candidates in our very own Massachusetts 4th Congressional district race, 2020 has been a year of bloated races and overwhelming...

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Op-ed: We need to talk about Marty Walsh’s mayoral misfire

Op-ed: We need to talk about Marty Walsh’s mayoral misfire

Jay Kemp, contributor
September 26, 2020

Last week, Bostonians were hit with exciting, albeit unsurprising news: Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, the first Asian American woman to serve on the council, is running for mayor. She’s also the...

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Students returning to campus in the fall will be required to wear face coverings at all times to keep the community safe.

Op-ed: If you return to campus, either you’re all in or we’re all out

Jay Kemp, contributor
August 21, 2020

You’re probably like me. You’ve spent the last five months or so wasting away in a quarantined purgatory, lamenting your lost summer plans and alternating between Netflix and TikTok, searching for...

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Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy III face off in a fiery debate for the Massachusetts senate seat.

Op-ed: Mass. Senate debate –– Kennedy contradicts and contradicts some more

Jay Kemp, contributor
July 27, 2020

Perhaps no race better represents the ideological divisions growing in the Democratic Party than the current Senate primary between incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and his challenger, Rep. Joseph Kennedy III....

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