Voter suppression is still threatening democracy today
Purposeful restrictive voting laws and inconvenient practices are preventing minority groups from casting their ballots.
Advice from a graduating senior: Don’t lose sight of your passions
In our fervor to succeed in the extremely competitive arena of academics, we often neglect the most crucial aspects of our lives.
Decriminalize sex work
If a more legal market makes sex workers safer, it’s a major improvement on the status quo.
Americans should leave superficial city life behind and return to their rural roots
Americans should follow in their ancestors footsteps and retreat to the countryside.
The English language plays a role in dividing cultures
Language is part of our identity, and English should not be universalized throughout the world.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement is not the way to achieve peace in Israel
Expectations that BDS will be successful in Israel do not consider context. In reality, the BDS movement will achieve the opposite of what it aims for.
A Maryland auction house did not sell Hitler’s artifacts responsibly
The auction house should not have sold Hitler’s phone to an anonymous bidder.
A love story: from the land of freedom to the occupied territories
The complexities of love, told through the eyes of a woman who loves a man in Palestine.
University of Maryland President Wallace Loh’s email is an insult to students
Our university president did not take student concerns seriously in his letter to the campus.
Fidel Castro provided free education and health care, but not human rights
When evaluating Fidel Castro’s regime, we can’t forget the fact that he denied his people basic rights.