Come out when you’re ready: how outing can be deadly
Beauty vlogger and makeup artist Nikkie de Jager of the YouTube channel Nikkie Tutorials recently uploaded a video titled “I’m Coming Out.” In this video, de Jager shares with her audience and the rest...
A united Ireland is no longer just a republican fantasy
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Ireland has had a long and bloody history centered around its struggle to reunite the North and south. Presently, the northern six counties that make...
The United States needs to address COVID-19 in the developing world
Many western nations are scrambling to pick up the pieces as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to slow its growth. However, complacency in our relatively safe position would be ill-advised. The west may...
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes lawmakers’ coldness toward hungry families
It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the nation’s economy and threatening to plunge tens of millions of Americans into debt and abject poverty. While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
Japan can not release Fukushima’s contaminated nuclear water into the ocean
In 2011, Japan experienced a 9.0 earthquake off its coast, which triggered a tsunami. The tsunami caused extensive damage, including one major accident that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Consequently, a...
It doesn’t matter who is ‘winning’: we’re all losers under the two-party system
For the first time in 10 years, the U.S. Senate has a Democratic majority, and there is a Democrat in the White House. With majority control over the House of Representatives as well, many...
Hypersexualization of Asian women in the media leads to harmful consequences
Asian women have suffered a history of being overly sexualized by Americans. Although this notion has come to light in recent weeks, it has always been present throughout the centuries. And in many old...
No student left behind when overcoming food insecurity
Dear Editor,
I will be the first in my family to live away from home next year, so learning that 6 out of 10 students experience food insecurity makes me nervous, mainly because students are...
Los Angeles and its carbon-free plan should be a beacon of hope for climate...
Last September, the Los Angeles city council voted to move the city’s energy sector to carbon free by 2035. This ambitious goal is endorsed by the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, who has been a...
With social media’s heavy influence on trends, smoking has made a return
After 30 years of steady decline in the U.S., tobacco usage has suddenly become more common yet again. Lately, there seems to be a smoke shop on every corner selling everything from regular cigarettes...