If you’ve been on social media at all this past week, you’ve most likely heard former President Donald Trump say, “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” or how, when asked if he had a plan,...
Joe Harte, Contributing Writer
• September 27, 2024
On Sept. 21, Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted CNN’s invitation to debate former President Donald Trump for a second time. Should Trump accept, 2024 would be the first election cycle since...
Turning on the news at this period in history is something that feels like an embodiment of a series of unfortunate events. It seems almost impossible to keep up with everything that is happening in the...
If presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a white woman, lost the 2016 presidential election, then Vice President Kamala Harris, a Black South Asian woman, surely cannot win. This appears to be the narrative...
Boen Beavers, Assistant Commentary Editor
• May 3, 2024
Beneath the visage of an American political landscape marred by polarity and vitriol lies an even grimmer underbelly named apathy. Apathy — that is, what I label our collective and growing estrangement...
In Congress, Democrats and Republicans are not debating a solution to illegal immigration — they’re debating whether or not it is a “crisis.” It’s no surprise that Democrats and Republicans can’t...
This election year, we must make a choice between 77-year-old Donald Trump and 81-year-old Joe Biden. It is safe to say that neither of these candidates are in their prime, and many Americans have unfavorable...
Flash back to February 24, 2022. As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and missiles lit the sky, I watched the Western world come together. In the U.S. and abroad, it seemed that firm support for Ukraine...
Vladimir Putin is the longest-standing Russian leader since Joseph Stalin — but he is not done yet. The Russian presidential election for 2024 has come to a close this past week and, unsurprisingly,...
According to The New York Times, New York City has experienced an immense surge of over 170,000 migrants since April 2022. This comes as no surprise, as the city’s sanctuary policies provide unparalleled...
Ale Lewis, Contributing Writer
• February 23, 2024
In a phone call on the night of Feb. 11, according to NBC News, United States President Joe Biden advised Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu against a ground assault on Rafah, a densely-populated...
Boen Beavers, Assistant Commentary Editor
• February 16, 2024
The Republic of South Africa filed a landmark application on Dec. 29, 2023, for proceedings against the state of Israel through the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa contended that Israel...
