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A shift away from fossil fuels is imperative

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Letter to the Editor: It’s time to commit to 100% clean energy

By Frank Adams | Oct. 19, 2020

It’s time to truly live up to our claims of environmental stewardship.

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A call for action: UW BIPOC Coalition demands justice

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board and UW BIPOC Coalition | Oct. 15, 2020

The UW-Madison BIPOC Coalition fights to ensure that all BIPOC students feel heard, respected, and welcome on this campus, yet have been repeatedly ignored by UW Administration — continuing a cycle of institutionalized oppression of marginalized voices.

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Evil constructing evil: Trump’s exploitation of negative partisanship

By Haley Bills | Oct. 8, 2020

Call me an idealist, but I believe America can do better than a leader chosen out of fear for the other

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Protect freedom — act morally and responsibly

By Anupras Mohapatra | Oct. 8, 2020

Until the “land of the free” wins the fight against immorality and ignorance, there will only exist an illusion of freedom, as immorality and ignorance will control the populace and render “free will” pointless.

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Dogma or Law?

By Ian-Michael Griffin | Oct. 6, 2020

Her personal beliefs would have no impact on the rest of the country if she was a private citizen or even a US Judge in the Court of Appeals, but the circumstances change with the Supreme Court.

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Letter to the Editor: UW Divestment Coalition — end climate profiteering

By UW Divestment Coalition | Oct. 5, 2020

The scientific consensus is undeniable — the climate crisis is upon us, there remains less than a decade to dramatically cut emissions and revolutionary action is imperative to do so.

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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.