The very core of the Western genre is nostalgia for patriarchy. Classic Westerns romanticize a “simpler time” when brave White men on horses could settle arguments with a duel, protect wagon...
This article was originally published in print on March 3, 2020.
Recently, several flyers promoting racism and anti-diversity were spotted on the University of Utah’s campus. Although they...
For most of my life, I was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I even served an honorable mission some years back. But, I no longer identify with many of the...
The scene opens with a wide-angle view of the Great Plains. Mighty winds blow clear across the grass as smoke billows from the stack of a train far in the distance. Two men on horseback enter...
Two hundred years ago, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte exclaimed the prophetic words "China is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Though Napoleon...
Congressman Rob Bishop has represented Utah’s 1st Congressional District (CD-1) since 2003, and there is not much to praise from his tenure — especially in the eyes of environmentalists or anyone who...
By Sasha Poma, Assistant Opinion Editor
• March 16, 2020
Rep. Angela Romero’s H.B. 213 Consent Language Amendments passed the Utah House and the Senate during this year’s general session and made important clarifications about consent. Unfortunately,...
This year’s legislative session, like any other, has been a mixed bag.
Elected officials passed bills to encourage schools to delay start times for students’ health, form a task force...
Among the many bills deliberated during this particularly hectic legislative session was Sen. Don Ipson’s S.B.173.
The bill would criminalize disorderly conduct in official meetings and...
Growing up in the Mexican American culture, there have always been people that try to explain my identity to me.
My Mexican friends would tell me I am not “Mexican enough” because I don’t...
