Category: Opinions

OPINION: Trump’s attempts to silence DEI cannot be allowed to succeed

During the 2024 campaign season, many Republican (GOP) candidates began using the term DEI as a disqualifier for opposition candidates, as though they were only selected to somehow meet a quota to satisfy what was formerly known as Affirmative Action. Affirmative action was implemented by public institutions to desegregate the work force, college populations, and school districts in the 1970’s and was recently struck down by the Supreme Court as…

Opinion: The Supreme Court requires major reform, ethics enforcement

Under the US Constitution, there are three co-equal branches of government that have specific functions and duties, have various requirements for qualifications and ethics, and that are supposed to provide a system of checks 9as in the game of chess) and balances, so that one branch cannot have sole power over the other two.

As part of the Judicial branch, the Supreme Court has been treated like royalty for too long.

Why Andy Beshear should run for Kentucky’s Senate seat

Image from Pexels Mitch McConnell announced he will not be seeking re-election in 2026 to defend his Kentucky Senate seat, a seat he has obtained since 1985. This will now open up an open Senate seat for Democrats to possibly flip a key seat in the Senate in the 2026 midterms.   Andy Beshear needs to run for US Senate in Kentucky to replace outgoing Senator Mitch McConell in 2026.  Who…

Is Ranked Choice Voting the solution to tight elections?

Graphic by Joseph Parillo, Graphic Designer By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer As we ponder on what went wrong in the 2024 primary election for the Democratic Party, we find that the majority of candidates who won prior elections did not secure a majority of the vote but rather a plurality. This means that whoever the winner of an election is the candidate that received the highest number of votes. Ranked…

The Laken Riley Landmark Law: Balancing Justice, Immigration, and Due Process

Graphic by Gabriela Pawlikowska, Graphic Designer By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer President Donald J. Trump signed his first bill last week, The Laken Riley Act. The bill was signed into law on January 29th, 2025 after it got bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Who is Laken Riley? The act was named in honor of the 22-year old Georgia nursing student who was murdered while jogging at Augusta…

Bathrooms apparently are more important than the economy

Photo by Jan Kopischke, Student Publications Advisor Republicans start their majority off in the House by going after transgender people.  No one should be surprised.  Republicans won a slim majority in the House and the Senate this election cycle. That means that their far-right agenda will be more than likely to become reality after former President Donald Trump won the Presidential election. As evidence of their far-right agenda, Nancy Mace…

Everything will be okay; just breathe

How to be okay about the 2024 presidential election results.  On Nov. 6, Donald Trump was announced as the winner of the 2024 presidential election beating out Vice President Kamala Harris, winning every blue wall state (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan) that Harris needed for victory. These results were not what half the country wanted to hear. The next four years are going to be tough. Some of us are going…

Your vote can end the GOP failures in the House

By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer In the 2022 midterm elections, many pundits predicted that there would be a “red wave” in the House of Representatives.  However, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of that year, Democrat voters were highly motivated and sent a strong message at the ballot box.  The “red wave” turned out to be more of a trickle, with the Republicans taking  a slim majority…