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Donald Trump acquitted by the Senate
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President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Feb. 5, 2020 on both articles of impeachment. In order for the Senate to remove a sitting president from office, they must vote guilty with a two-thirds majority. The vote was 48 guilty to 52 not guilty on the charge of abuse of power and…
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The US needs to start thinking before acting in Iran
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On Jan. 3, 2020, President Donald Trump made one of the rashest foreign policy decisions since George W. Bush, and it should have been avoided if Trump consulted Congress like he is supposed to. The military strike that killed Iranian military general Qasem Soleimani, the right hand man to Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei, set…
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Blurry Mueller investigation demands your focus
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The Trump-Russia scandal and the evidence that has been dug up this past year is getting harder and harder to deny. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election is not just a democratic conspiracy, or “witch hunt” as Trump likes to call it.…
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Hello Big Brother: CDC restricts seven words
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Under the Trump Administration, the words: “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based,” are strongly advised not to be used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for 2019 budget documents. CDC director Brenda Fitzgerald assures that these words are not banned from use. However, budget analysts were reportedly given…
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Kneeling, knowledge and news: political television
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After a long and tiring day of school, it is finally time to go home, relax and watch some television. As you channel surf and look through the plethora of biased news, you finally hit a station where you know there won’t be any politics involved: ESPN. Unfortunately sports meant for entertainment have also…
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DACA students stand up
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On Tuesday Sept. 5, the Trump Administration publicly announced the termination of Deferred Action for Children Arrivals, otherwise known as DACA. Under DACA, undocumented children, known as “dreamers,” are able to remain in the U.S. as long as they meet specific requirements. DACA allows dreamers to legally stay in the U.S., have the opportunity…
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Comey is gone
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The ongoing investigation of the Trump administration’s possible connection with the Russian government was announced on March 20, but FBI Director James Comey revealed nothing about any sort of progress or results. Anything of relevance to the case was not able to be discussed since the investigation is open. Therefore, the American people were…
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Students march for science
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Over 600 marches took the streets across the globe on Earth Day, April 22, in an effort to call support for the use of scientific reason, research, and evidence. This ‘March for Science’ was planned partly in response to the proposed policies by the Trump administration which would cut government funding for scientific research,…