Treatment of Haitian migrants is a clear human rights violation
Ishaan Nandwani, Contributing Writer Ripped T-shirts caught in wire. Crosses with names faintly etched in them. A lone teddy bear, ragged and covered in dust. These were some of the sights I saw this past summer at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona. Walking across the border’s fence, I felt a sense of deep melancholy […]
LTE: Relax, the stock market (and you) will be just fine
To the editor: Last Monday, The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,175 points, the largest drop it’s ever experienced in a single day. The market dropped 666 points and 567 points on Friday and Tuesday that week respectively. But you still shouldn’t panic. Trump and the Republicans use stock market numbers as proof they’re making […]
A year after the Women’s March: We’re not finished yet
Last Saturday, smaller (yet still impressive) groups of people continued the tradition of the Women’s March in cities across the world to challenge and object to injustice, hate and the Trump administration. The impact of the march was evident in the notable moments that occurred in 2017 for women and minorities. Ashley Bennett was inspired […]
Here’s why the national debt isn’t real
To the editor: The budget deficit and national debt have cozily found their way back into the national discussion. With the release of President Trump’s tax plan, the blue moon has arrived and both parties have come together to discuss bipartisan concern over what the plan will do to our debt and deficit. Twenty-one out […]