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It’s about time billionaires paid their fair share

By Riley Sumner | Oct. 1, 2020

How is it that the wealthiest Americans are able to pay less in taxes than everybody else?

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Letter to the Editor: In Defense of UWPD

By Alex Franke | Oct. 1, 2020

Sitting on our hands and saying “this isn’t fair” is not the proper way to move forward. We must work together to move forward!

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COVID-19 vaccine not ready until next year: will we make it?

By Maggie Kahn | Sep. 29, 2020

If we don’t reconstruct the perspective of Americans’ quickly, the infection rates will constantly increase, endangering millions of people who do their best to protect themselves from the virus.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Fervent Wish Denied

By Ian-Michael Griffin | Sep. 25, 2020

Hypocrisy can be quite the fickle thing.

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California is on fire. What can we do to fix it?

By Samantha Telson | Sep. 24, 2020

Year after year we see mass destruction and losses due to these blazes. It's time California takes action and starts preparing for fire season.

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Honorlock at UW-Madison presents privacy concerns, perpetuates harmful learning environment

By Haley Bills | Sep. 24, 2020

UW-Madison must ban Honorlock.

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Violence is not the answer: We need gun reform

By Alexandra Seidler | Sep. 23, 2020

When did it become normal for an AR-15 to become an essential household item? Innocent lives continue to end due to reckless weapon usage. We need reform.

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Bungled quarantine in Witte and Sellery

By Samantha Telson | Sep. 21, 2020

The actions implemented came as a complete shock to the community from this lack of communication of UW-Madison’s plans.

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Letter to the Editor: We face a poll worker shortage

By Milan Stolpman | Sep. 14, 2020

In order to uphold a fair, efficient, and reliable presidential election, this nation is greatly in need of an invaluable resource: election poll workers.

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Cardinal View: What did you expect?

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Sep. 11, 2020

UW-Madison has already lost its fight against COVID-19 because of our administration's inexplicable insistence that it was a fight we could win.

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Why UW-Madison’s 'Smart Restart' is anything but

By Haley Bills | Sep. 10, 2020

Let's get one thing clear: this is not a “smart” restart.

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Why we should do away with standardized testing

By Anupras Mohapatra | Sep. 10, 2020

In order for American higher education to remain at the pinnacle, a move away from mandatory standardized testing seems like a step in the right direction. Simply put, the tests are not effective in what they are meant to do and only exacerbate the divides that must be done away with, to make significant strides towards a better future for everyone that sees a future on American soil.

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Why yes, "All Cops Are Bastards"

By Riley Sumner | Sep. 3, 2020

Across the country, there were countless videos of police assaulting peaceful protesters when their jobs were under heavy criticism. Cops should not exist. Until this country eliminates the police force, Americans will continue to die every single day. It is immoral for us to allow this system of oppression to continue to plague the country.

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Reimagining the ESL program at UW-Madison

By Anupras Mohapatra | Aug. 20, 2020

But more than that, this speaks to a preconceived notion that most international students are less proficient than the required level, which just seems like too much of a one size fits all approach. Indeed, the whole program for undergrads could be reimagined to make it more effective.

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Daily Cardinal Issues Op-Ed Correction

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Jul. 29, 2020

The op-ed has been removed from The Daily Cardinal website. The Daily Cardinal strives for accuracy and welcomes reader contacts about errors that warrant correction.

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Confronting the 'F' word

By Philip Klinker | Jul. 23, 2020

Every day that fascism continues without being called out and actively fought, it can grow stronger and harder to defeat.

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Modifications to F-1 visa restriction exemptions for international students should be reconsidered

By Anupras Mohapatra | Jul. 6, 2020

The pandemic calls for a show of humanity and consideration of everyone’s well being. International students arrive in millions to the United States because of the education they’re offered and bring a lot to the table, financially and otherwise. A consideration for their lives during a global pandemic isn’t too much to ask for.

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Growing up a prejudiced Black boy in Los Angeles

By Djamal Lylecyrus | Jun. 18, 2020

Bringing myself to write this flooded me with heavy emotions, forcing me to think about the countless Black lives lost meaninglessly over the picking and choosing of who deserves human rights. I did not want to write down — making public proof — of the racist interactions I have endured throughout my lifetime.

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Acknowledging privilege and diversity — why today’s “All Lives Matter” gets it all wrong

By Anupras Mohapatra | May. 30, 2020

Today’s interpretation of “All Lives Matter” is closer to “It’s OK To Be White” than the ideas such a movement would espouse on paper and this is blatantly wrong. Fixing this seems crucial now more than ever, as we find ourselves living in times that will likely be enshrined in history books for generations to come.

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COVID-19: Crisis or Presidential Opportunity?

By KJ Camardo | May. 8, 2020

Regardless of the pandemic, we must utilize our right to vote with our individual political views — not a crisis-fueled puppet show — and the betterment of the nation in mind.