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The Week in Viewpoints

The theme of this week is “democracy prevails!” Here are some highlights of democracy prevailing at home and abroad. In…

New administration channels Sanders, plans to deliver solutions to the cycle of student debt

The long-awaited day has come. Student loan debt cancellation, if incoming President Biden is to be believed, may be upon…

Lessons from the pandemic: why free trade should come second to national security

While those days are almost a year behind us now, I want you, reader, to think back on those troubled…

Actually, yes, they are using “Orwellian” correctly

Times are strange when the word “Orwellian” is actually getting redefined right before our eyes. For those who didn’t read…

UT’s actions towards Groves evidence of moral cowardice

On Dec. 26, 2020, The New York Times published a story entitled “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a…