Nathan Sommer
nsommer1@binghamton.edu
20 Articles
Columns
Hakeem Jeffries’ election weakened the Democratic Party
After securing enough votes in November, Hakeem Jeffries is now the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. Jeffries, a longtime ally of Nancy Pelosi, has long been an outspoken advocate against...
Columns
Capitalism undervalues passion
We are taught to think rationally and to explain ourselves using rationality. Although rational thinking has its place, it is often emphasized at the expense of passion. Using emotion to dictate our...
Opinions
LeBron James is the best basketball player of all time
LeBron James is set to dethrone Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer during the 2023 season, igniting debate over who is truly the greatest player of all time. Rather than focusing...
Columns
Mass politics is on the decline
Karl Marx predicted a utopia without politics after the dissolution of capitalism. In the United States, an end to politics is looming — not from the decline of capitalism, but rather from...
Columns
The left should increase pressure for medical and utility debt relief
After months of talk about student loan forgiveness floating around the West Wing, millions of current and former college attendees had their nervous anticipation come to a close on Aug. 24 when...
Columns
Hardcore punk hates capitalism
In the late 1970s, a new offshoot of the punk rock movement emerged, eventually deemed “hardcore.” Two acts have been credited with catalyzing the movement: Middle Class, a punk rock band formed...
Columns
The war in Tigray deserves media attention
Far too often, those who cover global affairs in the West view the world as Western nations and those they have relationships with. If there is not an agenda to push, such...
Columns
Reggae music can offer path to revolution
Music has the ability to galvanize people into action in a way few mediums can. Jazz music gave a voice to Black Americans bearing the brunt of American social problems in the...
Columns
Electing Jose Antonio Kast would cost Chilean democracy
Chile had its first round of its elections on Nov. 21. With no candidate reaching the 50 percent threshold needed to win, the two leading candidates, Gabriel Boric and José Antonio Kast,...
Columns
Biden was right to withdraw from Afghanistan
The United States’ withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was the greatest move by an American president in my lifetime. Joe Biden, who voted for the war in Iraq and who has been...