While the next presidential election isn’t for another two years, the United States has a different, rapidly approaching, focus in mind: the midterm elections. The executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government will remain unchanged, but 2022 brings new opportunities in Congress, the people’s branch. The Democratic Party currently holds power in the White […]
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There is no shortage of debates on whether or not the pros of social media outweigh its cons. While social media is beneficial in some ways, evidence is mounting that it does more harm than good. A common complaint about younger generations is that they spend far too much time on their devices, mainly on […]
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With the fanfare over Marvel’s latest film, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” I made the decision to watch the movie. With talk of it being one of the most highly anticipated Marvel productions of all time, I had high expectations before watching. While Tom Holland did not disappoint, I did leave the theater feeling as if […]
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There is no denying that the events that transpired on Jan. 6, 2021 are going to go down as some of the most indelible moments in the history of our country. While there is no shortage of horrific aspects of the insurrection, the most pernicious of all may be the aftermath and the subsequent events […]
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The Second Amendment – perhaps the most controversial topic in America – raises two conflicting arguments: that guns are necessary for self-defense and that they are the source of violence. This topic of debate has only been amplified with the recent trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who, at age 17, traveled from his home in Illinois […]
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The UDHR guarantees rights like basic education and freedom of opinion. Many of these freedoms are written into our very Constitution; however, others are unfortunately overlooked in our country. Article 25 of the UDHR states that “everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of […]
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In recent years, most notably after the 2020 election, voting rights have been under attack. Record turnout in the presidential election along with the Georgia runoff election has led to a major uptick in restrictive voter laws that primarily target the black population. However, these racist practices are not new; in fact, they stem from […]
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On Jan. 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court made possibly one of its most critical and controversial decisions in the last 50 years. A woman by the name of Jane Roe wanted to terminate her pregnancy, but she was blocked by the state of Texas’s abortion ban. Attorneys challenged the law, and, in a […]
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For decades, conservatives have pandered to corporate America with their support of supply-side economics and laissez-faire tactics; in exchange, big businesses have poured money into GOP campaigns. For this reason, the Republican Party is considered the party of free-market capitalism. However, it is these same GOP politicians that look to blame Democratic “cancel culture” when […]
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Yale senior Meghanlata Gupta joined the sophomore class on Wednesday, Feb. 24 in a webinar enlightening people on the Native experience through a presentation entitled “Spaces of Resistance and Hope: Centering Indigenous Stories and Imagining New Futures.” Ms. Gupta is the founder and lead editor of Indigenizing the News, which is a digital newspaper that […]
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