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Samuel Martin is a 2026 graduate of Claremont McKenna College.

Political and Social Responses to Migration in Germany and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis Across the Guest Worker Era and the Contemporary Period This thesis looks at why the political scene in Germany and the United Kingdom have responded differently to migration in the contemporary era (2015-2025) in comparison to the guest worker era (1955-1973). Germany and the UK differ in many ways. Their institutions, citizenship traditions, party syst...

Krish Malpani is a student at Claremont McKenna College.

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From Fulbrights to Goldwater scholarships, and a Rhodes, CMC students and recent alumni once again proved that they are “young people of exceptional promise,” earning myriad honors and awards 2025-26.

As the academic year wrapped up, Brian Davidson ’08, Director of Fellowships Advising at CMC, reflected: "All of these honors are nationally or internationally competitive, and it’s no surprise to me that CMC students are recognized for their academic prowess, leadership abilities, cross-cultural skills, and devotion to others. I am continually inspired by everything that CMC students achieve.”

Read on to learn more about these CMCers and their significant achievements. https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmc-students-honored-prestigious-awards-throughout-2025-26

The Rose Institute of State and Local Government will present research on local perspectives on governance reforms at Los Angeles County’s Governance Reform Task Force (GRTF) meeting. Read more at

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Geoff Baum is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

Former PCC Board President Geoffrey Baum Launches Bid for Board of Trustees Seat – Pasadena Now Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now

Hicham Bou Nassif is the Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College.

Trump between compromise and escalation - SyriacPress By Hicham Bou Nassif | Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College-California U.S. President Donald Trump spent years criticizing former President Barack Obama for signing the 2015 agreement with Iran, argu...

Shriya Velichala is a 2026 graduate of Claremont McKenna College.

Trade Liberalization and Migration: NAFTA’s Impact on Migration from Mexico to the United States The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented in 1994 to liberalize trade among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It was promoted as an opportunity for economic growth for all three countries. However, its implementation produced uneven outcomes. This thesis focuses specifical...

"For all its political reputation as the left coast, California is simply not overwhelmingly Democratic enough to regularly advance two Democrats to the general election, said Andrew Sinclair, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College who has studied the effects of California’s top two.

"With Democratic candidates regularly earning roughly 60% of the statewide vote, the electorate is sufficiently left-leaning to make the outcome of Democrat-versus-Republican general elections fairly predictable. But Democrats don’t make up quite enough of the vote share to push two Democratic candidates through the open primary except in somewhat unusual circumstances, he said.

“`After about 60% to 65% Democratic vote share, it starts to get much more likely to get D-on-D races,” he said. In recent statewide races, the percentage of votes cast for the Democratic candidate has hovered around 60%, “right in the electoral dead zone,' said Sinclair.
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'With Becerra and fellow Democrat Tom Steyer well ahead of Bianco in the vote count, the shutout didn’t happen, showing how unlikely it was, said Claremont McKenna’s Sinclair.

“`In some sense, the Democratic Party did everything they possibly could to make (a shutout) happen,' Sinclair said. He pointed to a “low-quality field of candidates” likely to divide the vote evenly, the abrupt exit of front-runner Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and the failure of the party or any of its California luminaries to endorse anyone.

If nothing else, the fear among highly engaged Democratic voters may have led a decisive number to vote strategically to avoid a shutout, Sinclair said."

The top-two primary promised to change California politics. Voters say: meh California's top-two primary was designed to create moderate candidates and reduce partisanship. Instead, November races are as partisan as ever.

Stacey Leyva is a 2026 graduate of Claremont McKenna College.

Redefining Belonging: How Political Threats to Birthright Citizenship Impact Constitutional and Democratic Equality in the United States For more than a century, the prevailing interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause has held that children born on United States soil are citizens at birth regardless of their parents’ nationality or immigration status. Through Executive Order 14160, President Donald Trump so...

At The Claremont Independent, Dhriti Jagadish and Kendall White interview Claremont McKenna College President Hiram Chodosh.

The Exit Interview: President Chodosh on Pre-Professionalism, Free Speech, and Administrative Bloat President Hiram Chodosh is Claremont McKenna College’s fifth president, assuming the position after serving as Dean of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. After thirteen years in the role, President Chodosh will be succeeded by former Washington & Lee president William C. Dudle...