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Social Issues

A man holds a Stronger Together sign in front of the Utah State Capitol during President Trumps Inauguration Day protests in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Patience: Travel Ban is Hypocritical

By Alisa Patience September 18, 2017

One of President Donald Trumpís biggest platforms while running for president was his foreign policies and intentions for immigrants. However, Trumpís travel ban and views on immigration are hypocritical...

Patience: The Real Horror of Violent Media

Patience: The Real Horror of Violent Media

By Alisa Patience September 17, 2017

Many have a not-so-guilty pleasure of watching or playing certain television shows, movies or video games that have reputations for being violent or overtly sexual. Mine is Game of Thrones. Yours might...

Equality in the Workplace

Equality in the Workplace

By Alisa Patience September 14, 2017

Have you ever walked out of a job interview thinking it went perfectly and that you’re completely qualified, only to end up not getting the job? Well if you’re not white, a female or a parent, then...

Groesbeck: Mother! Is A Frustrating Masterpiece

Groesbeck: Mother! Is A Frustrating Masterpiece

By Ren Groesbeck September 13, 2017

SPOILER ALERT: The recent film most people have not seen or the majority despise — Mother! — was a perfectly composed, pure allegory of many significant themes, particularly religion. It is a difficult...

Groesbeck: Stop Ignoring Utahs Extreme Sexism

Groesbeck: Stop Ignoring Utah’s Extreme Sexism

By Ren Groesbeck September 11, 2017

Utah is the second most sexist state in the United States, according to businessinsider.com, Wyoming being the first. I spent my fundamental years in small-town Iowa and since coming to Utah as a transfer...

NYC action in solidarity with Ferguson. Mo, encouraging a boycott of Black Friday Consumerism.

Patience: There Aren’t “Many Sides” When it Comes to White Supremacy

By Alisa Patience September 7, 2017

I know it's hard to believe, but "Donald McRonald" has struck again, putting his enormous clown feet back into his mouth. During the KKK and Neo-Nazi gatherings in Charlottesville, Donald Trump addressed...

Genes Dont Determine Success

Genes Don’t Determine Success

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 7, 2017

This August, former Google engineer James Damore wrote an objectively sexist and uninformed anti-diversity memo. His argument that women do not have the biological disposition to succeed in the tech industry...

David Sacharny, a PhD student in Computing Robotics, codes artificial intelligence software for robots on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Will Artificial Intelligence Be the Last Human Invention?

By Connor Richards September 5, 2017

In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates tells the legend of King Thamus who is given the gift of writing from Theuth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. Writing, Theuth persuades, will act as a mass remedy for...

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

H2H: Is Feminism Anti-Man?

By Ren Groesbeck and Natalie Parkin September 4, 2017

Feminism is Targeting the Wrong Enemy: Men Natalie Parkin The fight for the rights of women is becoming more intense than ever before. Laws and politics push to keep women underpaid in the workforce,...

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

Richards: Nurse Arrest Video Disturbing, Highlights Hypocrisy of Public Officials

By Connor Richards September 3, 2017

City and state officials have been quick to condemn Salt Lake police for the arrest of nurse Wubbels. But their support for Operation Rio Grande leaves room for questions. It’s a video that has been...