R’Perspective: First-generation problems
In the second episode of the Netflix original comedy “Master of None,” the characters Dev and Brian realize that their parents experienced a lot of hardships as first-generation immigrants. To express their gratitude, they...
The US Supreme Court must rule against Trump’s decision to end DACA
The Trump administration has long been fighting to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), a program that protects over 700,000 young immigrants from the threat of deportation. This would put those...
Falling student proficiency rates are the fault of lowered university expectations
New York University professor, Maitland Jones Jr., was recently fired due to student unhappiness with the way his organic chemistry classes were held. Eighty-two of his 350 students signed a petition blaming the professor...
Editorial: The Internet: The final frontier
As a nation, we have all just collectively survived the masses of shrapnel from one of the most competitive and contentious presidential elections in history. One would expect that vociferous arguments over unemployment, the...
The Supreme Court deserves a judge like Ketanji Brown Jackson, whether conservatives like her...
Following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, President Joe Biden chose to follow through on at least one of his campaign promises: to nominate a Black woman to be Breyer’s successor in the Supreme...
Californians must vote “no” on Newsom recall if the country wants to flourish
Californians can’t be fooled — the Recall Newsom campaign is not a valid criticism of the governor or his policies. It is merely a California Republican tantrum — a dangerous tantrum that will surely...
Lessons from the Daily Northwestern: good journalists exercise empathy while covering the full story
Earlier this November, the Daily Northwestern, a student newspaper in Illinois, issued an apology in response to public outrage regarding a recent article of theirs that covered a protest on their school campus. The...
Why capitalism means the death of literary artistry
I hope you’ve read a book in the last year. It would be an incredibly great thing to know that every student here has taken time out of their busy schedules and conflicting forms...
Low-income students in California have been left with mountains of institutional debts during the...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, college students have found themselves on the short end of the stick, from not being eligible to receive stimulus checks at the start of the pandemic to having to endure...
A lack of commerce regulation and illegal markets lead to fatalities
Medicinal and health products are never “one size fits all.” People can’t know for sure the authenticity and possible allergens of a product unless they see and test it themselves: it's a game of...