Trump's reaction to the mass shooting in Las Vegas was exactly the type of response a president should have when dealing with such a sensitive matter. But, where was it in Puerto Rico?
As a further effort to paint the NFL players as anti-American, opposers are interpreting the protest as an attack to the military. The protest, however, is not about the military. It never has been.
Politicizing natural disasters is controversial, yet necessary. Natural disasters highlight the shortcomings of governments and elected officials, the failures of society as an influential collective and the deficiency of institutions.
Theo Wayt, Contributing Writer
• September 25, 2017
The rhetoric of war may seem noble and glorious to power-drunk leaders like Trump, and his proposal to nuke ISIS may appeal to his horribly-misguided supporters, but war itself is far more than macho mouthing-off.
Natasha Roy, Assistant Managing Editor
• September 13, 2017
A number of NYU students were among the hundreds of Hillary Clinton supporters waiting patiently to get copies of her new memoir signed at the Union Square Barnes and Noble.
Congress, now, have a chance to retaliate for failing to pass the DREAM Act, which would have resolved undocumented immigration issue years ago. This is the time to make all those voices supporting DACA come into one and defend those 800,000 kids.
As it stands now, however, Congress have up to six months to reverse the decision. Thankfully, the leader of this university has already done what the president of the country would not by speaking out against this horrid decision.
While the media distracts itself and the American public with trivial stories about Trump’s tweets, it does so at the expense of the desperate and dying Venezuelan people.
