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Entertainer Oprah Winfrey (L) and producer Harvey Weinstein laugh before receiving W.E.B. Du Bois Medals at the Hutchins Center Honors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 30, 2014.

Golden Globes 2018: Bravery or Blithering Stupidity?

By Nicholas Coleman January 15, 2018

Sexual harassment and assault are unequivocally awful crimes and deserve the full severity of the law as punishment. Those who take advantage of young women and men (specifically boys, as the Daily Beast...

Thousands of Utahns protest Trumps administration with the proposal of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 | Chronicle archive.

Richards: National Monument Shrinking Undermines Native Voices

By Connor Richards December 16, 2017

On Dec. 4, eyes all across the nation were on Utah as Donald Trump arrived at the State Capitol. People waited anxiously for the President’s highly anticipated announcement regarding the Bears Ears National...

Braden: Politicians Lie Because We Let Them

Braden: Politicians Lie Because We Let Them

By Paul Braden December 12, 2017

The word of a politician has seemingly always been synonymous with falsehood. Telling lies and making empty promises while in office, and especially while on the campaign trail have come to be the expected...

Patience: Small Businesses Need Love

Patience: Small Businesses Need Love

By Alisa Patience December 11, 2017

One of the most important things a citizen can do for their city is to support local businesses. This is especially true now that the GOP tax bill has been passed, a bill that gives a large tax break to...

Swanson: ABC News’ Blunder has Demonstrated How Out of Control the Trump-Russia Hysteria has Gotten

Swanson: ABC News’ Blunder has Demonstrated How Out of Control the Trump-Russia Hysteria has Gotten

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer December 8, 2017

On December 1, chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross broke to the world that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was ordered by candidate Donald Trump to make contact with Russian officials....

Braden: Doomsday Clock Ticks 30 Seconds Down to Nuclear War

Braden: Doomsday Clock Ticks 30 Seconds Down to Nuclear War

By Paul Braden November 27, 2017

Measures that increase national defense capabilities have evolved in both strength and scale since the birth of borders and the wars that aim to maintain them. The power of a country’s people...

Barber: Journalists are Biased, Thats a Fact

Barber: Journalists are Biased, That’s a Fact

By Shaelyn Barber November 26, 2017

The late political climate has been waging a war on the media, attacking news sources as fake or biased. The media has been made out to be something evil, and the American people no longer trust it to...

Williams: Political Parties Have Become American Football Teams

Williams: Political Parties Have Become American Football Teams

By Brook Williams November 26, 2017

These days it seems as though people religiously stand by their political party, supporting them as if they are football teams. This can be attributed to the lack of political education in the United States....

Braden: SLCs Dirty Little Secret

Braden: SLC’s Dirty Little Secret

By Paul Braden November 20, 2017

Salt Lake City has been described by visitors as a medium-sized, exceptionally clean and perhaps suspiciously friendly city. It offers a lower than national-median cost of living, and it provides unparalleled...

Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

Richards: Demonstrating Politics Through Music

By Connor Richards November 17, 2017

Too often music is dismissed as being all about entertainment, consumption and monetary gain. The idea that any musicians may have a creative or political intent when putting together a song or album is...