Disparities in the United States Youth Justice System Identity is something that is important to the human experience, but the current United States justice system has been using identity against youth of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) and of racial and ethnic minorities (REM). A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of…
Category: Editorials
OPINION: Why people should receive the influenza vaccine
Letter from the editor: Ingrid Harbo
Staying safe and healthy in uncertain times
Letter to the Editor: ‘We Can Do Better: Exhortations’
Letter from the Editor: Anna Weier
Nike’s shocking social stance has business motives
Last week, Nike released the newest ad from its 30th Anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The photo, which was followed by a two-minute ad, features a black and white photo of quarterback/activist/American hero Colin Kaepernick with the words “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” emblazoned in plain white font. Predictably, an uproar…
Letter from the Editor
In two weeks, I will graduate from college. (I wrote that sentence not because it is particularly newsworthy or relevant to the remainder of this letter, but simply out of hope that the act of typing out its words would make them feel more real. It did not.) Earlier this week, in a fit of…
Essay: Why everyone should study capitalism
In the following paragraphs, I will try to persuade you that everyone ought to invest their time and effort in studying capitalism. By “everyone,” I do mean every single individual. I think that anyone who is able to learn about capitalism should be doing just that, but I also think that this is particularly important…
Editorial: Why you should care about the paper
As Co-Editor in Chief of the paper this year, I wanted to let the stories in the paper create their own impression without any opinions from me. That being said, the staff, faculty and student body at Concordia have no idea how much work it takes to produce a weekly paper. The students at Concordia…