The federal minimum wage needs to be raised to $15 an hour to support lower-class Americans. If the United States has seen such staunch economic success over the past 70 years, why is it that we are paying workers less in the present day than in the past?
With capacity issues at dorms, and some Madison rent prices rising by up to 20% next year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are left to bear the burden of an increasingly predatory and volatile housing market.
As I was able to work at the ballpark this summer instead of a classic summer internship, I found insight on the superficial environment that is created by summer internships as a whole.
In today’s society, social media has provided dilemmas for free speech. The hate speech and other harmful rhetoric on these websites can only be addressed by robust public debate if free speech remains unfettered and dialogue is encouraged.
When other descriptors exist, why persist with a word like alien? The intent is clear: othering, alienation and dehumanization.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s response to the recent antisemitism on campus was wrong. Instead of completely denouncing the incidents, the university favored hate speech that was publicized as a time for debate rather than condemnation.
Self-reflection on our own intents and our own capacity for harm is the gateway to change.
If students are spending upwards of $200 on season football tickets, we need to push for students to stop wasting their tickets and bodies on an overabundance of alcohol before games.
If many Midwestern students look to attend universities in neighboring states, why should they have to pay the same level of out-of-state tuition when universities they want to attend are in such close proximity?
If American teenagers are already drinking, why does our country legally restrict exposure to alcohol until 21 years old, limiting their education on drinking as a whole?
There have been victims before him. There were other victims that night. More victims than there should ever be. There simply cannot be more.
The battle against mental health on college campuses has gone on for decades, but with the onset of the pandemic, many battles with mental health were pushed aside. In order to tackle these mental health issues and recourse the fight against these challenges, there needs to be a greater allocation of resources toward mental health issues.
Steven Olikara, a candidate in the Wisconsin Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, is ready to move Wisconsin forward to a new generation of the Wisconsin Idea by reforming leadership in Washington.
As the final verdict of the Supreme Court looms, we implore fellow students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to reflect on how an overturn of Roe v. Wade impacts your body, as well as the bodies of your peers.
The seeds of greed may very well be inherited genetically. However, it is not an essential part of human nature like some may argue.
If the Republican party wishes to defeat incumbent Tony Evers, they should support Rebecca Kleefisch.
Even as many American corporations have developed a negative taste towards unions, workers for these corporations have worked tirelessly to fight back.
The 2022 Philippine Presidential Election may mark the return of the corrupt Marcos family political dynasty and threaten U.S. geopolitical positioning in Southeast Asia.
Everyone should work a customer service job at some point in their life. To those who never do — the opportunity to be patient, understanding and kind to the very employees that make society run is still readily available.
The name given to a child is one of the most important decisions parents make. As children come to life as vessels of love, parents anoint them with grand titles, wishing to manifest destiny.
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