This week, Political Union will be debating whether the US should legalize all drugs.

This week, the New York Times found itself in considerable turmoil with regard to the firing of Donald McNeil, a veteran science writer whose usage of a racial slur two years ago outraged other Times staffers. We take a look at what this shift in reporter-editor relations (sounds boring, but I promise it isn’t!) means for the greater news media ecosystem.

This week, Myanmar’s military engineered what international observers agree is a coup. We break down what that means for democracy in Myanmar, the geopolitics of the region, and where the crisis might go in the future.

Control of the Senate will come down to a double runoff election on January 5 in Georgia, after Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock both pulled their Republican rivals below the 50% threshold for victory and forced a do-over in the November general. Warnock, in his race against incumbent Kelly Loeffler, finished seven points ahead of her, albeit within a field crowded with eight candidates receiving more than 1% of the vote. Republican David Perdue finished just under two points ahead of Ossoff, and was denied outright victory by far less than the number of votes received by Libertarian Shane Hazel.

What is the Epoch Times? Why is it all over YouTube, what are its political origins, and what kind of effect might it have had on the election so far?

Pamela Chen (executive board member and creator of a recently viral Instagram infographic) makes the progressive case for voting for Joe Biden in this year’s presidential election.

2020-2021 PU co-president Sachin Shukla makes the case for Marianne Williamson for president - and, more importantly, why her diagnosis of the flaws in our political system is as urgent as ever.

As President Trump slips further into underdog status, Felix Beilin critically evaluates various strategies he might use between now and election day to turn the tide in his favor.