Poma: LDS Members Must Do More to Fight Racism
By Sasha Poma, Opinion Writer
September 22, 2020
Conversations surrounding racism and the 2020 election have prompted many institutions, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to reevaluate their stances and actions against racism in our communities — and rightfully so. The church and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People published an op-ed on Medium stating that they’re joining together against racism in the church c...
Barron: Vote Biden to Fulfill the White Horse Prophecy
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
September 22, 2020
In the June 1976 edition of the Ensign Magazine, D. Michael Stewart, a historian at BYU, chronicled a prophecy said to have been made by Joseph Smith in 1840, “This nation will be on the verge of crumbling to pieces and ... this people … shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of...
Burton: Activists and Religious Groups Should Be Allies, Not Opponents
By Logan Burton, Opinion Writer
September 22, 2020
With protests over police brutality and discrimination still in full swing, hundreds of protestors are taking to the streets. Despite the universal ideas championed by these protestors — namely fighting racism against Black, Indigenous and people of color — reception to these protests is split. ...
Weglinski: Freshmen, Get Out of the Utah Bubble
By Sonia Weglinski, Opinion Writer
September 21, 2020
The beehive state is among the least diverse states in the US, specifically the 44th least diverse in the country. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up about 62% of Utah residents and white people make up 90.6% of the state’s population. Utah also falls shor...
Reese: Sorry Conservatives, the First Amendment Doesn’t Care about Your Feelings Either
By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer
September 15, 2020
In a recent cartoon for the Salt Lake Tribune, political cartoonist Pat Bagley called attention to the high number of white nationalists that occupy law enforcement roles in the United States. This cartoon brought a protest to the Salt Lake Tribune’s printing center organized by right-wing groups such as Ut...
Barron: Sharing Facts Is Education, Not Indoctrination
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
September 15, 2020
Utah’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, recently demanded that the Utah State Board of Education decry the “political indoctrination” of school children, citing an alleged incident where a teacher wore a Black Lives Matter shirt and disparaged law enforcement in front...
Alexander: Misinformation Discredits Social Activism
By CJ Alexander, Opinion Writer
September 11, 2020
No one can deny the revolutionary role that social media plays in today’s activism. With modern technology, we are able to communicate with people across the globe with just the click of a button. Ever since the Black Lives Matter hashtag emerged in 2013, social media activism has gradually grown. The #MeToo movement in 2017 also gave rise ...
Soter: Hire an Artist of Color, Destroy a Racist Monument
By Theadora Soter, Opinion Writer
September 9, 2020
Fallen Monument Park in Moscow, Russia is full of statues of communist leaders, like Stalin and Lenin, who ruled Russia during the Soviet era. The park now commemorates the lives lost because of those leaders through the addition of more art, like a sculpture wall of stone heads behind a stone figure of Stalin. It honors the oppressed while ackno...
Poma: Achieving Gender Equality in Utah Will Require Better Attention to Women’s Health
By Sasha Poma, Opinion Writer
September 8, 2020
For the third year in a row, Utah recently ranked the worst state in the nation for women’s equality. And, sadly, most people weren’t surprised. While the announcement probably calls the gender gap in pay and leadership to mind first, it’s important to remember that gender equality s...
Soter: Why Won’t Christian Leaders Say Black Lives Matter?
By Theadora Soter, Opinion Writer
September 5, 2020
On May 25 of this year, in Minneapolis, George Floyd was brutally killed by a policeman, a civil servant who was supposed to protect him. His death, while tragic, was not surprising as he is one of the far too many Black people who have lost their lives to police brutality. This horrifying ...
Poma: LDS Members Must Do More to Fight Racism
September 22, 2020
Artist of the Week: Allison James
September 22, 2020
Fire Breaks out in Neff’s Canyon
September 22, 2020
Barron: Vote Biden to Fulfill the White Horse Prophecy
September 22, 2020