By Guest Contributor: Timmy Lu (@timmyhlu)

I’ve been voting and tracking national electoral politics since I was nine, when I voted twice for Bill Clinton in 1992.

Like a lot of immigrant and refugee kids, my parents relied on me to interpret American society for them, and politics — including filling out mail-in ballots — was one part of that responsibility. I was raised under the requirement that I know — and be able to talk about — American politics.

I’ve noticed something really different about this year’s election.

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By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi)

Before journalist Jarrett Hill broke the story of Melania Trump’s alleged plagiarism of Michelle Obama’s famous 2008 convention speech, it looked like one of the biggest social media moments of the night was the shock and dismay of music fans everywhere as Donald Trump entered the convention stage to the sounds of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions.’

Reaction to Trump’s music choice was swift.

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