by Ashia Ajani Right before the deadline to submit documents for the Baltimore mayoral race, Black Lives Matter activist and self-described “child of Baltimore” DeRay Mckesson entered his information and joined the fray. DeRay is a Bowdoin College graduate who taught sixth grade math at Minneapolis Public Schools until quitting his job March of last…
by Kodi Alvord I am a Yale student. This means that every morning I wake up, brush my teeth, take a hot shower, and fill my water bottle in the dining hall before I attend class. For me, this is my routine. For residents of Flint, Michigan, this is a luxury. In the past few…
by Nicole Chavez The Department of Homeland Security describes “If You See Something, Say Something” as “a national campaign that raises public awareness of the indicators of terrorism.” But when it comes to discerning suspicions of terrorism, visuals are not the only cues. Evident in the diatribes, often described as a “policy statements,” of U.S. Presidential…
by Nicole Chavez On November 9, Hillary Clinton spoke on immigration during a campaign stop in New Hampshire. When asked how she, as President, would attempt to better secure the Mexican-American border, Hillary referenced the votes she had made as a senator to establish a physical barrier between the two countries. In her statement she…
by Javier Cienfuegos This week’s Democratic Presidential Debate spurred a heated conversation online about who actually “won” the debate. According to CNN it was the frontrunner, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Various online polls have the not-so-junior junior Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders as the victor. Pretty much everyone agrees that former Rhode Island…