Year after infuriating year, the Utah State Legislature votes on new bills targeting trans people and DEI efforts, bills like H.B. 257 and H.B. 261 being their newest forms of terrorization....

  Last year, lawmakers in Texas proposed the now-infamous Senate Bill 1515, which aimed to require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. To the dismay of fundamentalists...

  Although barriers in admissions have been reduced for students from historically excluded backgrounds, their graduate success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors is significantly...

  Last summer, I quizzed the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Utah on whether or not they would fight to protect DEI in higher education — specifically for our institution...

Transcript: Stevie Shaughnessey: Hi and welcome back to Point of View, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s Opinion Podcast. My name is Stevie, and I’ll be your host. Today, we have Opinion Desk Assistant...

  Applying to graduate schools has become expensive — coming from someone currently applying. Picking up extra shifts just to afford the application fees of schools only adds to the burden and...

  In defense of the removal of Mecha de U of U from the Center for Equity and Student Belonging’s sponsored status, The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board wrote, “What [Mecha] doesn’t have...

  After an onslaught of book bannings in Utah including vicious attacks on queer literature, it’s difficult to imagine Utah as a state where queer literature thrives. But Utah’s queer bookstores...

  In today’s world, the persistent sexual stigma women face is still a glaring issue that demands our immediate attention. For far too long, society has placed undue constraints, seen with the...

  The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis — nearly 60% of individuals actively seek care, but as many as 40% can’t access it. Poor insurance coverage and long waitlists...