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Monday Monday unmasked

By Monday Monday | November 16, 2020

It’s been an honor to serve as your plague jester. But I’m tired. I’m ready to hang up the proverbial mascot costume. It stinks in here. And I think the last guy vomited through the eye holes.

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News flash... Jesus wasn't white

By Tatayana Richardson | November 16, 2020

Understanding that Christ was NOT a white man who stood for status and abuses of power matters. Actually, it does more than matter; it is imperative.

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We look, we listen

By Jocelyn Chin | November 16, 2020

"Everyone’s trying to rush to a certain destination. Take your time; you’ll get to your destination."

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Privacy was on the ballot

By Niharika Vattikonda and Jess Edelson | November 13, 2020

It’s clear that we’re seeing a new path forward for privacy advocates: the ballot box.

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A vote for love

By Luke A. Powery | November 9, 2020

When we lose sight of the personality of others and act as if we own everything and owe nothing, we turn from love to hate and violence.

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White liberals: Don't put your feet up

By Community Editorial Board | November 9, 2020

Even after Donald Trump leaves office next year, people will continue to organize on the ground as they have been for centuries. It is our duty to join them.

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So like... where can we eat?

By Jake Malone | November 6, 2020

Losing our ability to share a meal together is going to make this last month really difficult, but following health guidelines comes first.

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The election is one days ago. Everyone needs to go vote.

By Jordan Diamond | November 4, 2020

Vote for yesterday’s tomorrow, today.

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No serious college relationship™? No problem!

By PASH | November 3, 2020

Aside from Covid-19 happening, which has found me sitting in my sparsely decorated childhood bedroom day in and day out rather than living the “good ole college experience,” I am beginning to suspect that I wouldn’t have had a Serious College Boyfriend™ anyway.

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Joe Biden is a stumbling block in our stride to freedom

By Dan Reznichenko | November 3, 2020

If you believe that America needs a third party, there’s no time like the present.

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Vote

By Monday Monday | November 2, 2020

Vote.

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Don't do that

By Community Editorial Board | November 2, 2020

We urge everyone to throw their desire for productivity out of the window.

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On the eve...

By Tatayana Richardson | November 2, 2020

This week, I offer you a place to find hope and community, through prayer.

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Joe Biden is a political opioid

By Reiss Becker | October 30, 2020

Shaking off the stupor of late stage decadence is simply too aggravating for an “exhausted” America. Instead, we will resume a comfortable nap, resigned to the fact that this polity lacks the rousing, collective ambition necessary to solve our greatest challenges.

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We’re not sick. Duke is.

By Lily Levin | October 29, 2020

Human bodies, like roots in the soil, are interconnected: we travel together, not one soul left behind.

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Why are they still texting me?

By Niharika Vattikonda and Jess Edelson | October 29, 2020

The reality is, right now, our data isn’t even treated as our property.

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Deleting the Twitter app saved my mental health

By Nathan Heffernan | October 29, 2020

Maybe after a break, I will have the energy to present myself constantly to the world, and to receive the entirety of the world in my fingertips. But for now, I’ll enjoy the peace.