Dozens of people had slowly lined up in front of Missouri governor Mike Parson’s office last Tuesday, holding papers covered with thousands of signatures advocating for the halting of the execution...
This year, my family gathered for Juneteenth at my cousin’s home. While family members gathered and talked, she worked diligently in the kitchen, cooking food from her home in Senegal. Her friends, also...
On Aug. 14, the Oberlin Board of Trustees put out a statement in Campus Digest formally denying the proposal to divest from Israel. The proposal, which garnered support from students, faculty and staff,...
In the past year, I have sat in the safety and comfort of my room scrolling through a seemingly endless stream of videos where mothers scream over the corpses of their children; where a young boy around...
In June, George Latimer defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman in a New York House race that hinged tightly on the former’s support for, and the latter’s criticism of, Israel. Bowman,...
Earlier this week, Israeli soldiers infiltrated an Al Jazeera-occupied West Bank Bureau based in Ramallah and delivered a notice to shut operations down. Despite the territory being under Palestinian control...
Haiti’s motto, “L’union fait la force” – “unity makes strength,” represents the courage of the people when they are together and is tied to their cultural identity of liberation. Known as...
On Sept. 15, 1963, 61 years ago, four young girls — 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Cynthia Wesley — were murdered in a bombing at the 16th Street...
“They should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval,” former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump said during the Sept. 10 presidential debate with current Vice President and Democratic...
There is a saying, born out of activist circles, that has made its way into the common vernacular: we keep us safe. In a country where many people feel left behind by the push for a return to normal and...
The first weekend back on campus, my friends and I celebrated our reunion by taking a dip in Chance Creek. We took two cars to get there; my friend’s new whip and a little Chevrolet Bolt rented through...
I think cryptozoology is one of the most underrated and misunderstood fields of study out there.
Cryptozoology is the study of cryptids, creatures unrecognized by science. Cryptids include mythological...
