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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Column

How immigrant entrepreneurs disrupt the Model Minority Myth

The Model Minority Myth is engineered to tell one version of the Asian American Dream What is the Asian American dream? Since the 1960s, the...

Social media’s mental health advocacy needs to change

One-size-fits-all solutions to mental health conditions need to stop Whenever I choose to forgo my responsibilities and open Instagram I am greeted by one of...

Stop blaming soldiers for fighting losing wars

Soldiers don’t get to pick their own battles, so stop treating them like they do Being willing to put your life on the line is...

Banning chemicals is not enough if the government doesn’t force proper cleanup

Approximately 25,000 barrels of toxic chemicals were found off the coast of LA after sitting for decades Cancerous sea lions. What might sound like a...

Divergent narratives of opioid drug addictions create lives of expectation and exception

Media coverage of the opioid epidemic has significant impacts on policy and public sympathy Like 2 million Americans, George Floyd struggled with an opioid addiction....

Vaccine posting: the internet’s newest social currency

Posting your vaccination isn’t just feed fodder I got stabbed two  weeks ago, thanks to Pfizer. It’s been a long time coming, this vaccine of...

Let baseball players interview in their native language

We need to stop judging people by foreign language interviews Professional baseball players come from all over the world and speak many different native languages;...

Statistical insignificance and dire consequences: How public health data fails marginalized groups

Native Americans are excluded and mischaracterized in COVID-19 data, undermining the severity of the pandemic’s impact on their community How does the collection and portrayal...

Vague goals and ignorance won’t combat climate change for California

California’s air quality problem will get worse, especially for people of color, if the government doesn’t take meaningful action Especially in recent years, California has...

The inevitable death of Snapchat has arrived

Maybe it’s high time we ghost the Ghost Snapchat is a wondrous little app. From its inception, users marveled at the novelty of posting a...

Primitive languages do not exist

We need to end discrimination through language Language is what makes us human. Language, the driving force behind how we function today, has been the...

Why are the life choices of Black police brutality victims put on trial?

How character assassinations absolve blame from the actual perpetrators—the police When it comes to victims of police brutality, a frequent narrative is touted: They were...

Call it what it is—Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act is discrimination

Transgender youth and gender affirming care are not items on an agenda Next on the agenda: the livelihoods of transgender youth and the state of...

TikTok: the champion of the common man

The world’s most controversial app should continue to uphold its legacy If you’re like every other person that’s gone through 2020, you’ve either heard about,...

It’s 2021, why are some species still named after confederate leaders?

If we’re going to rename things, let’s add some species names to that list too Names have been in the news a lot the past...