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CJ Alexander

CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor

All content by CJ Alexander
The House Chamber at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Keep Fighting for DEI

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
January 29, 2024
Michael Valentine during an interview at Six Sailor Cider in Salt Lake City on Oct. 22, 2023. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Meet the U Student Running for SLC Mayor

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
November 18, 2023
(Design by Mary Allen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Say Goodbye to DEI

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
June 12, 2023
Sven Karabegovic (center) is running for ASUU president alongside Alicia Baker (left) and Abukar Hassan (right).

Alexander: Vote Karabegovic For Much-Needed Campus Change

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 21, 2023
Alexander: Stop Policing POC Reactions to Queen Elizabeth’s Death

Alexander: Stop Policing POC Reactions to Queen Elizabeth’s Death

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 14, 2022
Canvas print of some students in a lab at the Warnock Engineering Building at the University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City, Utah on July 5, 2022. (Photo by Amen Koutowogbe | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: U Majors Exclude BIPOC Perspectives

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
August 26, 2022
Kids scooter through Downtown Salt Lake City celebrating Juneteenth on June 19, 2021. (Photo by Natalie Colby | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Utah Needs Juneteenth

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
March 16, 2022
(Graphic by Cyan Larson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: We Still Need Critical Race Theory

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 17, 2022
Akilah Woodford-Sims braiding Latesia’s hair at Beyond Braids in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10, 2021 (Photo by Emily Rincon | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Protect Black Hairstyles

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 15, 2022
Opinion writer Camden Alexander stands in front of the Utah State Capitol on Dec. 10, 2021, in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Opinion Writing Changed Me for the Better

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 4, 2022
Bjorns Coffee off Foothill Drive in Salt Lake City is busy helping customers get their caffeine fix in the morning on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Cody | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Tips Don’t Equal a Living Wage

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
January 28, 2022
Thirst Drinks employee, Ashley VanLeeuwen, working at the Millcreek location in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 (Photo by Rachel Rydalch | The Daily Utah Chronicle

Alexander: The Real Reason We Can’t End the Pandemic

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
January 19, 2022
Utahs state paleontologist, James Madsen Jr., assembling the skeleton of an Allosaurus. (Courtesy NHMU)

Alexander: Protect Fossils From Privatization

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
December 28, 2021
(Graphic by Sydney Stam | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: A Message For Our Disappointing Political Leaders

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
December 19, 2021
(Graphic by Claire Peterson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Protect Young Girls in the Entertainment Industry

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
December 11, 2021
Scott M. Matheson Courthouse | 2020 Photo by Hailey Danielson | The Daily Utah Chronicle

Alexander: Ahmaud Arbery’s Case Feels Hopeless

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
November 18, 2021
Police Officers assemble outside of The University of Utah in Salt Lake on October 7th, 2020. (Photo by Jake Stranzl | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Shooting to Incapacitate Should Not Be Controversial

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
November 12, 2021
Police in riot gear surround and block in protesters in the streets of Salt Lake City on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Police Reform Does Not Start With Utah Legislators

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
October 13, 2021
An American flag (Photo by Justin Prather | Daily Utah Chronicle).

Alexander: Real Patriotism is Critiquing Your Nation

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 28, 2021
Students, Diana Fierro and Kinzey Brice tabling at the U of U get involved fair to distribute information about the COVID-19 Vaccine on Sept. 3, 2021 in front of the A. Ray Olpin Union building in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Get Your Vaccine

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 8, 2021
(Graphic by Cyan Larson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: There’s a Right Way to Teach Critical Race Theory

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 1, 2021
Alexander: Students Are Ready to Come Back to Campus

Alexander: Students Are Ready to Come Back to Campus

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 1, 2021
Woman holds up Anti-Vaccination sign in Downtown Salt Lake City on Sunday Aug. 22, 2021 (Photo by Brooklyn Critchley | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Vaccines are the New Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
August 24, 2021
(Courtesy Pexels)

Alexander: We Need to Regulate the Rental Market

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
August 12, 2021
(Graphic by Sydney Stam | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Tone-Deaf Billionaires Explore Space

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
August 6, 2021
Protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement confront national guard on 500 S. 200 East in Salt Lake City on July 26, 2020. (Photo by Ivana Martinez | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Police Officers Are Not above the Law

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
July 27, 2021
(Graphic by Piper Armstrong | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: USADA Should Revisit Its Stance on Marijuana

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
July 21, 2021
(Graphic by Cyan Larson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: We Need Critical Race Theory

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
June 1, 2021
Holly Pound cooks chicken at Pulp Lifestyle Kitchen on May 22, 2021 in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Legitimize Mental Health Issues At Work

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
May 27, 2021
Utah Highway Patrol K-9 officer J. Banks (right) uses his phone as officers I. Lofton (far left) and B. Wood (center) look out over the crowd gathered to protest police brutality and corruption in front of the Utah State Capitol Building on June 4, 2020 (Photo by Mark Draper | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Social Work Is Not the Enemy

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
May 20, 2021
(Courtesy Pexels)

Alexander: Take Women’s Health Seriously

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
May 4, 2021
Demonstrators raise their fists in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in front of the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 4, 2020. (Photo by Mark Draper | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: The Fight For Justice Is Not Over

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
April 21, 2021
A tourist wears a protective mask at Biffi Restaurant in Galleria Vittorio, Milan, amid coronavirus fears. (Photo by Valeria Ferraro | Courtesy Getty Images)

Alexander: Let’s Keep Mask Mandates — at Least in Restaurants

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
April 21, 2021
Internet 2021 (Photo by Hailey Danielson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Utahns Need Free Internet Access

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
April 20, 2021
Protester with a sign for George Floyd at the Utah Capitol on June 4, 2020. (Ivana Martinez | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Don’t Let Black Lives End in Vain

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
April 2, 2021
(Courtesy Flickr)

Alexander: Don’t Close the U’s Confucius Institute

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 19, 2021
(Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Alexander: Sean Reyes Failed Us

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 14, 2021
(Photo by Curtis Lin | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Let’s Get Rid of Black History Month

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
February 1, 2021
(Photo by Ivana Martinez | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: Indigenous Women and Girls Deserve Justice

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
January 23, 2021
S.J. Quinney Law School on the University of Utahs campus. (Chronicle archives)

Alexander: Utah Fails Women in Legal Careers

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
January 11, 2021
Alexander: Stop Doing the Bare Minimum at Restaurants

Alexander: Stop Doing the Bare Minimum at Restaurants

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
December 6, 2020
Photo by Gage Skidmore, courtesy of Creative Commons

Alexander: Trump’s End of Term Antics Show He’s Not Fit to Lead

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
October 7, 2020
Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaks at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah Campus on Dec. 13, 2018.

(Photo by: Justin Prather | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

Alexander: Want Life to Go Back to Normal? Vote for Biden

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 29, 2020
The Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Chronicle archives.)

Alexander: The Nightmare of Being Non-Mormon in Utah

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 24, 2020
Social media pulled up on the phone on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Photo by Curtis Lin)

Alexander: Misinformation Discredits Social Activism

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 11, 2020
A broken down Glock 19.
(Photo by: Justin Prather | Daily Utah Chronicle).

Alexander: Returning to Campus, Returning to Gun Violence

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor
September 3, 2020