“That should give pause to anyone who thinks the 2020 election will be a cakewalk for a Democratic challenger because, of course, we saw a familiar narrative play out around three years ago. There’s some quote about insanity and doing things over and over again that feels appropriate here.”
Read More“Large-scale humanitarian problems like infant mortality, fleeing refugees, and dwindling access to basic medicine belong in the headlines of stories on Venezuela’s current state, not buried beneath the politics.”
Read More“There’s a confusing, permeating fear among too many of our representatives across the aisle who remain silent when it matters most. Despite the “R” beside his name in the 2016 election, Donald Trump is not, and never will be, a representation of traditional conservative values. He’s in a league of his own.”
Read MoreIsrael and Iran exchange rocket fire, Queen Elizabeth II issues a rare political statement, and Venezuela continues to grapple with a presidency currently being claimed by two politicians.
Read More“This particularly harsh and unnecessary government shutdown inordinately harmed the most vulnerable, and perhaps none more than women.”
Read More“Not only do we believe it’s permissible for non-political actors to comment on political proceedings — we believe it is a fundamental aspect of political participation in a modern democracy.”
Read More“Immanuel Christian School requires that its employees and parents sign a statement indicating their dedication to and alignment with the views of the school’s tenets, a few of which claim ‘a wife is commanded to submit to her husband,’ ‘the Earth is only 6,000 years old,’ and that the scientific theory of evolution should be rejected.”
Read More“The Supreme Court ultimately granted Pfizer permission to bulldoze entire neighborhoods, leaving local families homeless and destitute, all in the name of ‘progress,’ — or, more specifically, in the name of a new manufacturing plant.”
Read More“Let’s not lose out on this opportunity to work both across the aisle and across the urban-rural divide to address hunger in North Carolina. The Corner Store Initiative bill should stall in committee no longer.”
Read More“Perhaps the current occupant of the White House will learn that not all Americans support our country going about business as usual with murderous, unstable autocrats.”
Read More“While Asian women earn only 74.8% of what Asian men earn, they surpass white women and almost match white men in terms of salary, averaging about 93% of the latter demographic’s earnings.”
Read More“Although few students monitor emails from the Chancellor’s Office, some will have noticed that the University has been hemorrhaging executive administrators and struggling to find new ones.”
Read MoreMexico’s gas shortage worsens, the British Parliament’s Brexit woes continue, and the Canadian government moves to accept one million immigrants over the next three years.
Read More“Souza says he offers an alternative outlet of expression to the President’s own use social media. The photographer is hesitant, though, to label his posts — often simultaneously snarky yet tame juxtapositions of Obama and Trump’s approaches to the presidency — as political activism. He simply calls it, ‘telling it the truth.’”
Read MoreMore than 50% of LGBT+ students of color reported being verbally harassed at school. Of these students, 15% had also been physically harassed or assaulted. Our efforts at curbing bullying, such as those made by the First Lady, completely overlook the inextricable connection between bullying and homophobia in the greater school environment.
Read More“The powers in charge of keeping our campus safe acted in the only way that could possibly be worse for our community than putting the monument back in its original location. A low bar to limbo, but under it they slid.”
Read More“Yoga’s rise in popularity is directly linked to colonialism, so much so that Indian yogis travel between England and the United States to ‘sell’ the discipline.”
Read More“The Democratic Party of 2018 is considerably more progressive on the whole than it was a decade ago. Record numbers of elected officials are calling for bold action on climate change, healthcare, immigration, and human rights.”
Read More“Unpopular as it often sounds, a substantial salary increase for those who represent us might be the only way to save the citizen legislature.”
Read More“For them, this case wasn’t about the brutal rape and murder of a young girl, but a casualty in an ongoing ideological war.”
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