POINT: Conservatives exaggerate attacks on free speech rights
Those who say free speech rights are being threatened are grossly misrepresenting campus protests.
COLUMN: Arkansas raises death penalty debate
Put in Arkansas’ new terms, it is impossible to ignore the absolute disregard for human life the death penalty poses.
COLUMN: Fads outweigh substance in millennials’ politics
Just a few weeks ago, thousands of protesters, many of them young people, took to the streets in Russia to speak out against rampant corruption. Met with stiff resistance, thousands were arrested as Russian dreams for a freer nation once again faded into a backdrop of repression and censorship. But across the seas, American millennials […]
COLUMN: If it looks and talks like a nationalist, it’s a nationalist
It is alarming that two nationalist parties in the same week both seemed to suggest that it is becoming appropriate to rewrite the history of nationalism itself.
COLUMN: Femininity is used as grounds to disrespect female leaders
Last week, a Northwestern Law School professor and a student released some unsurprising research about interruptions among Supreme Court justices through the years. “Even though female justices speak less often and use fewer words than male justices, they are nonetheless interrupted during oral argument at a significantly higher rate,” the study read. To be precise, […]
COUNTERPOINT: Pollution regulations on corporations hurt consumers
Regulations for emissions ignore the root of environmental problems while hurting consumers and businesses.
POINT: California must prioritize health over corporations
Upholding cap-and-trade keeps California at the forefront of global environmental efforts.
COLUMN: Trump strike on Syria should concern students
We should question the effectiveness of a “humanitarian” intervention, in response to innocent deaths, that itself reportedly killed four children.
In realm of politics, choose an internship that you’ll love
As summer approaches, internship season is upon us. USC’s wonderfully long May-August summer offers ample time for students to travel, explore, work and play — and, for those of us who are politically inclined, to pursue an adventure in our field. Resources on campus offer excellent programs to get Trojans into the great marble halls […]
COLUMN: Abortion pill bill enables female bodily autonomy
Abortion is not dangerous. It is a health service that women with different ambitions, academic goals, dreams and desires need.