“Walls work and walls save lives,” said President Donald J. Trump. Walls—we see them all around us, literally. They are used to separate two entities from each other. Be it the walls in our dorms, which sometimes we wish were thicker, or those hypothetical walls that some people create in their minds to protect themselves […]
On December 31, 2018, Elizabeth Warren released a video announcing her plan to launch an exploratory campaign for the 2020 presidential election. Warren is the harbinger of an inevitable surge of campaign announcements from prominent Democrats, and according to boston.com, the 2020 election may include as many as two dozen Democratic candidates. However, Warren’s announcement […]
by Gabrielle Bianco ’21 Opinion Staff On Feb. 14, tragedy struck in the United States. Again. Armed gunman Nikolas Cruz opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 17 people were killed including two faculty members. This horrific event is the latest one in an epidemic of gun violence in our country. […]
by Kevin Copp ’18 Opinion Staff Dr. Bernice A. King’s visit to Providence College in the midst of one of the most polarized political landscapes in recent history calls to mind the power of the people to create change. Just as her father, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led the Civil Rights Movement in […]
by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff The Statue of Liberty remained open during the brief but dramatic government shutdown over the weekend, shining a light on how far we as a nation have strayed from our founding values. The monument remained open because the daily cost of running it, around $65,000, is miniscule considering the […]
by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Co-Editor Anyone who watched Oprah Winfrey receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes last week cannot deny the powerful message of hope Winfrey championed within her speech. But why did so many of us interpret that message as a potential run for presidency? And […]
by Laura Arango ’20 Opinion Staff Last week, White House officials held a closed-door meeting in which they discussed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) deal and a bipartisan immigration proposal that would meet the needs and wants of both the Republican and Democratic parties. What could have been a productive meeting unfortunately […]
by Hannah Paxton ’19 Asst. Opinion Editor How much longer until the American people’s basic rights are renounced entirely? In light of President Trump’s imposition of work requirements for Medicaid, it is impossible to say that we are moving forward as a country. In 2018, we should be opening doors for low-income Americans, not […]
by Bridget Blain ’19 Opinion Staff It can sometimes be easy to forget that a person in the public eye is still a real human being who can be very negatively affected by what is said about him or her in the media. It is even worse when the person being speculated about did not […]
by Andrea Traietti ’21 Opinion Staff Tuesday, November 7, marked the first regularly scheduled election day since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race, and the results overwhelmingly showed that America is ready for change. Democrats took key victories in many states and on many different levels, proving that Americans are looking for a […]