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As It Were: Post-election, we must remain hopeful and turn our attention to Georgia

By MICHAEL MIKAIL
November 11, 2020 in Opinion

Civic engagement shouldn’t stop at the presidency and securing a Senate majority could mean the difference between a presidency plagued by stagnancy and one defined by progress, innovative policy and unified growth.

As It Were: Voter suppression is alive and well in the United States

By MICHAEL MIKAIL
October 28, 2020 in Opinion

Voter suppression, in its current iteration, is the manifestation of the last gasps of a dying Republican Party that has nothing to stand for.

As It Were: Systems of oppression must be pulled apart from their roots

By MICHAEL MIKAIL
September 30, 2020 in Opinion

Fundamentally, the system that killed Breonna Taylor was never going to prosecute its own agents of violence.

As It Were: Maybe the revolution shouldn’t be televised

By MICHAEL MIKAIL
September 9, 2020 in Opinion

These images are important, but they deserve to be treated with dignity and sensitivity, not casually thrown on the feed alongside thirst traps and pictures from Sunday brunch.

As it Were: Euphemisms can be insidiously partisan and harmful

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By MICHAEL MIKAIL
August 26, 2020 in Opinion

The conversations we have about race and politics are more consequential now than ever before, especially with the 2020 presidential election fast approaching, and it’s important that we identify and name systems of oppression wherever we find them, whether that be our University’s administration or in our political rhetoric.