Opinions

Beirut: A glory made from ashes

Beirut, the city that was once hailed as the Paris of the Middle East, snuffed out like a candle flame. Read More

Vaccine trials and tribulations: The questions that really matter

The biggest threat to the health and safety of the public right now is bureaucracy. Read More

A letter from the Editor

So why do we do this? Why bother adding our amateur-hour content to the information overload? Because it's fun to care. Read More

All Lives Matter excludes those who need it most

In the United States, uplifting “all” too often means prioritizing white uplift.  Read More

A country of compromise

Debating and compromising over the value and autonomy of black bodies on the Senate floor is a well-established tradition of the U.S. government — a tradition which fearlessly and unabashedly screams to black America, “We do not believe in your humanity.” Read More

Blue lives don’t exist

If you want to monopolize violence, then you should be willing to be its first victim. But most cops aren’t. Read More

Vandal with care: the right reasons for destruction

Random looting, especially by white so-called allies, especially of independent, often minority-owned businesses, is not direct action. Read More

Reflecting on a college career cut short

Now, knowing everything I do, I’d go back in a heartbeat to that cramped Sue B. dorm, even with the occasional cockroach in the shower. Read More

A reconsidered criticism of UR Student

UR Student appears to be a capable site that needs to be made more userfriendly for a whole list of reasons. Read More

Farewell transmission

Why is it all ending this way? Partly because of the unavoidable chaos of disease, and partly because of the inevitable march of time. Read More