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Social distancing lends us the time to finally ask: Who is America for?

By Dana Munro | Apr. 20

There is no better time for fundamental change than now.

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Elections In Depth: Coronavirus Offers A Re-Evaluation of U.S. Election Policies

By Riley Sumner | Apr. 17

The fundamental assumption when it comes to voting protocol should be as follows: everyone who is legally able to vote should be able to do so as easily as possible.

While social media is a necessary tool in our hyper-connected lives on the internet, it is kryptonite to the critical thinking and fact checking aspects of our consumption.

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Journalism can’t die — we need truthful reporting now more than ever

By Sam Jones and Anupras Mohapatra | Apr. 13

In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic that will likely leave a mark on humanity for eternity, it has become apparent that mere discussions about misinformation cannot suffice. We, as consumers of media, need to take action.

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Letter to the Editor: Finding the silver lining of a global pandemic

By KJ Camardo | Apr. 12

The unity demonstrated by communities across the globe in order to combat this virus is truly astounding. In the midst of the chaos, humanity prevails.

What happened on Tuesday isn’t just voter suppression. It is electoral violence.

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This isn’t just voter suppression — it’s electoral violence.

By Michael Makowski | Apr. 11

At the end of all of this, when the bodies are counted, they will likely claim they had no choice. They did everything they could and democracy is messy. We will know better, and we will vote like it.

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It’s Time for Action: Resisting populist anger over corporate bailouts

By Steven Doering | Apr. 8

Without the immediate issuing of these government-backed loans, companies will be unable to pay their creditors, let alone their employees — an undoubtable recipe for mass bankruptcy.

Entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the State Capitol in Madison

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Election Amidst a Pandemic: Voter suppression and reckless decisions

By Kavitha Babu | Apr. 7

After Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and countless other states postponing their primary elections and expanding absentee voting guidelines, it comes as a shock that Wisconsin’s institutions have ruled otherwise.

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The illusion of safety and Americanized ignorance

By Sam Jones | Apr. 3

The most privileged in our society are now being forced to face the reality that they aren't actually invincible, that there are some glaring gaps in services and support, and we can only hope that this leads to a revolution of sorts.

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What we owe to each other: Ubuntu philosophy in the midst of a pandemic

By Anupras Mohapatra | Mar. 30

Perhaps disasters of this magnitude would always hit such groups the hardest, but the fact that a section of society lives life forever hanging perilously off a precipice highlights a deficiency in our society, where we are not able to adequately provide for all our fellow humans.

The switch to online learning has resulted in the use of Honorlock for online proctoring by some instructors, predominantly in STEM classes.

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Letter to the Editor: Pandemic response tests switch to online learning

By Alfred E. Tsai | Mar. 27

As the coronavirus pandemic tests our switch to alternative modes of education delivery, we should be reminded how online learning is increasingly relevant to ambitious and self-motivated students today willing to trade off the benefits of an on-campus instructional experience for greater convenience and flexibility.

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Letter to the Editor: Prioritizing ourselves among the chaos

By Alexis Paperman | Mar. 26

I am exhausted. I imagine you are too.

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Coronavirus scare reiterates importance of moving toward universal healthcare

By Steven Doering | Mar. 13

Many in support of a universal healthcare system argue the financial burdens placed on uninsured Americans in the aftermath of a coronavirus pandemic would finally necessitate the implementation of a medicare for all system.

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Support for trans peers necessary, urgent

By Sam Jones | Mar. 12

Heteronormativity is everywhere on this campus — but we can change that. While many UW students may have never engaged in open dialogue about the trans/GNC experience, this is no excuse for continued ignorance.

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Letter to the Editor: Can Sanders overcome “Joe-mentum” after disappointing Super Tuesday?

By Riley Sumner | Mar. 9

Wisconsin voters are left with the choice: Do they want a moderate candidate that could draw support from anti-Trump Republicans, or a progressive candidate that could increase voter turnout?

Warren's campaign may have tailed off, but it touched many lives along the way

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What Warren's presidency would have meant to me

By Izzy Boudnik | Mar. 5

Liz Warren was young once. Liz Warren was considered “poor,” once. I’m the beneficiary of a full Pell grant, so me too. Our stories have a similar beginning, who knows if they will have a similar end. All I know is that beyond policy or party, it has been a tremendous honor to support her over the past few months. And even though it is hard to imagine that her campaign is ending despite so much promise, nevertheless, we persist.

The spread of Coronavirus has resulted in an uptick of xenophobia in the United States and worldwide.

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The spread of xenophobia seemingly trumps the Coronavirus — we cannot let this happen

By Anupras Mohapatra | Mar. 5

2020 marks the start of a new decade, one where we can no longer afford to live with divides in the face of global crises. If we cannot adequately handle the first crisis that comes our way this decade, we might as well consign ourselves to our doom.

Partisanship seems to be splitting the country at the seams, rather than fostering positive dialogue

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The Pitfalls of Patriotism: A country-wide binding force or a dividing line?

By Sam Jones and Anupras Mohapatra | Feb. 20

Patriotism is an understanding that a perfect country really does not exist. Such an understanding promotes critical discourse, but also ensures in the failure of fear mongering. This is not a dismissal of threats but an understanding that paranoia can be destructive, often serving as yet another reason for justification of hate crimes on people that do not fit the existing, flawed mold.

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F-35s will worsen Madison’s housing crisis, harm communities of color

By Michael Makowski | Feb. 13

The F-35s will worsen Madison’s housing crisis and harm Madison’s residents of color. Let’s be alert and knowledgeable about it — and let’s act like it.

At right, a College of Engineering student-peer advisor works with an incoming first-year undergraduate to register for her classes using a laptop computer during a Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) session at College Library in Helen C. White Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Aug. 9, 2017. Sponsored by the Center for the First-Year Experience, the two-day SOAR sessions provide new students and their parents and guests an opportunity to meet with staff and advisors, register for classes, stay in a residence hall, take a campus tour and learn about campus resources. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

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Student orientation, SOAR, unfair to international students

By Lennox Owino | Feb. 13

Just to satisfy course requirements during SOAR, international students are left to choose courses from the “scraps” discarded by domestic students.

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The Language of America

By Dana Munro | Feb. 10

What is the official language of the United States of America? You would think it was English, wouldn’t you?