To end the pandemic, we need to embrace vaccine passports
Vaccine passports are necessary to preserve everyone’s health and safety.
UMD must overhaul its diversity general education requirements to fight racism on campus
UMD must also invest in departments and faculty to ensure that students learn about racism.
Congressional Democrats must pass DC statehood now
The fight for voting rights and civil rights is incomplete until D.C. gains full representation.
Republicans haven’t moved beyond the queerphobic politics of 20 years ago
Nothing’s changed, despite the rhetoric.
Stop stanning politicians
Politics has to be about policy, not personality, and focusing on individual politicians only hurts us all.
Billionaires’ philanthropy can’t solve the student debt crisis
Don’t let philanthropists’ donations to colleges distract you from government underfunding of public education.
Social media can be a tool for political education, but only if politicians use it correctly
Politicians should learn from activists and the masses when considering their use of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
It’s time to permanently scrap standardized testing requirements for college admissions
Colleges need to make test-optional or test-blind admissions permanent, even after the pandemic.
The Biden administration must be more transparent about its vaccine distribution plans
Vaccine distribution issues are a direct result of lack of transparency at both the federal and state levels.