Notes from the Newsroom: La Voz Unida is joining DBK en Español We are currently hiring reporters and other staff members to contribute to our DBK en Español content. Diamondback Equity Committee May 7, 2021
By criminalizing the homeless, Austin’s Prop B tries to hide their housing crisis Homelessness is a systemic issue. All Proposition B does is punish those harmed by it. Anthony Liberatori May 6, 2021
Social media is students’ free speech platform. The Supreme Court must recognize that. Here’s why the newest free speech Supreme Court case matters. Courtney Cohn May 4, 2021
STEM and civics are intertwined. Education must reflect this. People who work in STEM need to be more involved with bureaucratic and political decisions. Jessica Ye May 2, 2021
People need the COVID-19 vaccine now. Patents shouldn’t stand in the way. Hoarding intellectual property only serves to exacerbate global inequities. Shreya Vuttaluru April 30, 2021
Sports need to do what the Super League didn’t: put fans first Greed and ego drove the ill-fated Super-League. Fans should drive soccer’s next move. Anthony Liberatori April 29, 2021
As long as UMD works with defense contractors, its climate commitment is nothing but a joke UMD claims to be a green campus. Their active friendship with warmongers says otherwise. Jake Foley-Keene April 28, 2021
Paid time off must be a post-pandemic policy priority It’s shameful that the U.S. doesn’t have mandated paid time off. That must change. Courtney Cohn April 28, 2021
Derek Chauvin’s conviction doesn’t mean the system works. It means the system is afraid. Does a guilty verdict mean accountability, or is it simply civil pacification? Caterina Ieronimo April 26, 2021