Pat Curran

Pat is a writer, editor and general communications professional from Montpelier, Vermont. He works for the university and is on his way to becoming a double Hoya ('14, '19). Pat hopes to use his degree to help improve policy literacy in political communications.

Despite anger at red-state Senators, Democrats won’t change Senate rules. Here’s why.

The Democratic base is angry at red-state Senators — Democrats elected in Republican-leaning states who sometimes cast crucial votes with the GOP. But Democratic activists shouldn’t count on radical reform if their party comes to power.   The battle over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was among the most divisive in recent […]