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In a critical election, abstaining from voting is a privilege
With less than one month until the 2020 presidential election and around two weeks left to request an absentee ballot, voting has become a popular topic of discussion on campus. As these...
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Free speech should not be used to push a political agenda
On Oct. 8, Pipe Dream reported that Binghamton University is being investigated by the Department of Education for allegedly failing to protect the free speech rights of conservative student groups. Two months...
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The commodification of information has made news even more partisan
In today’s digital age, further bolstered by the COVID-19 pandemic’s widespread and various limitations, Americans turn to online news sources more than any other type of outlet. However, complementing this rise in...
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Thrift store "gentrification" is a symptom of a broken clothing industry
It’s undeniable — the secondhand clothing movement, brewing since the mid-2010s, has become mainstream and is well on its way to making waves. Though fast-fashion giants like Fashion Nova, SHEIN and Forever...
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America must reexamine its history with a critical, objective lens
Amid the racial inequities revealed through the coronavirus pandemic and the multiple killings of unarmed Black people by police, the United States has come to “[a] moment of reckoning,” as described by...
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TikTok’s potential for political activism shouldn’t be underestimated
This Tuesday, The Washington Post’s TikTok account, @washingtonpost, uploaded a video to the platform reminding users that the first presidential debate of the 2020 election season would be aired in a matter...
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Democrats must fight back against rushed attempts to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat
Less than two weeks ago, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tragically passed away at age 87. Her loss comes as the 2020 Presidential election is entering the final stretch to Nov....
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Presidential debates have become obsolete for modern voting
With one of the most important elections in our lifetime in just over a month, the two candidates and their supporters have been preparing for the first presidential debate. These debates have...
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We need our politicians to fight harder against climate change
As many of us know, Binghamton is notorious for its cloudiness. Last week, you may or may not have noticed that the sky was not covered by clouds, but by smoke that...
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Physical education instruction needs to be reevaluated
As a child, all the way through high school, I always struggled with gym class. But if, similar to high school, I were required to take some sort of gym class every...