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The Opinionated
Justice Served Cold: Because Who Needs Fairness Anyway?
Last week, Robert Robertson, a Texas man on death row for more than twenty years due to a shaken baby hypothesis, saw his execution...
Ariba A
Oct 29, 20246 min read
A Call for Gun Control: Closing Loopholes to Protect Our Children
Gun (noun): a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force,...
Ella Daniels
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Second Thoughts of the Second Amendment
“ Sometimes, it's just the guns. " This quote by Tim Walz is arguably the most memorable part of the 2024 Vice Presidential debate. It...
Himani Harrell
Oct 25, 20244 min read
A Loaded Debate: How Banning Assault Rifles is an Assault on our Civil Liberties
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be...
Ahsan Suhail
Oct 23, 20243 min read
Addiction and Reform: A Way Forward
The drug crisis poses an extreme threat to Americans from the perspective of public safety, social welfare, and health. This issue must...
Abby
Oct 21, 20243 min read
America's Drug Crisis Needs More Than Finger-Pointing
This past summer, I got unexpectedly sick and was given oxycodone, an opioid—an experience that put me right in the middle of a drug...
Ma-Sadio Faye
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Fentanyl, Failures, and Fresh Starts: America’s Search for a 'Smart on Crime' Solution.
In his launch ad for Oregon Governor 2 years ago, Nick Kristof said “If you want to see what happens when our politics so badly fails the...
Ronan Nauert
Oct 17, 20242 min read
Star Power at the Polls: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility
“ Vote like your life depends on it– because it does .” - Billie Eilish The intersection of celebrity culture and politics is not new,...
Himani Harrell
Oct 9, 20243 min read
Pop Culture and Politics: Spheres that Should Remain Separate
As street poet and hip-hop philosopher Sexyy Red profoundly remarked, “ [Trump] used to be calling people fat. He just bold. He funny. We...
Ahsan Suhail
Oct 7, 20242 min read
Disaster at Home, Billions sent Away…
In just the last week, the U.S. government sent significant amounts of aid to Israel and Ukraine, while Americans in flooded regions like...
Ella Daniels
Oct 5, 20242 min read
Political Rhetoric is Testing America.
Bipartisanship is on the edge of extinction. TikTok introduced the feature of collections not too long ago— anyone who saves a video can...
Ma-Sadio Faye
Oct 3, 20243 min read
We Need to Move Forward as Americans.
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear the Former Governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber speak. I have heard from many politicians at...
Ronan Nauert
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Targeting Trump: Rhetoric and Responsibility
An assassination attempt on a former president was something I never expected to witness in my lifetime, but two attempted...
Abby
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Has America Lost its Morality?
Day after day for the past year, my social media timelines have been filled with videos, pictures, and anecdotes of the atrocities...
berghilda07
Sep 25, 20244 min read
September Feeling Opinionated: Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?
The essence of free speech is like fire: when handled with care, it's a powerful force for good—providing warmth, fostering...
Amir Noorani
Sep 23, 20243 min read
The Housing Crisis: What Steps Do We Take to Fix it?
As I approach the end of my undergraduate studies, one of my primary concerns is where I will live next. The current housing crisis has...
Abby
Sep 19, 20242 min read
How Democrats and Republicans Created—and Can Fix—America's Housing Crisis
When my teenage friends and I think about the future, we often find ourselves daunted by current housing prices. Research shows we aren't...
Ronan Nauert
Sep 17, 20244 min read
Gen Z vs Homeownership: Spoiler Alert, We’re Losing
And how buying a home seems like a very unattainable dream. Growing up in an immigrant family taught me that owning a home was a...
Ma-Sadio Faye
Sep 15, 20243 min read
The Great American Uterus Debate: Who Wears the Pants?
Women’s bodies, like every other aspect of their existence, have been the debate of contention for centuries, so much so that even in an...
Ariba A
Sep 13, 20245 min read
Rights Unraveled: The Post-Roe Reality
I have always felt great pride that I was born a woman. This sentiment is reinforced every time I see women in excellence, like when...
Emily Reckard
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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