During this legislative session, a bill was introduced that will dismantle diversity programs statewide. In late January, H.B. 261 was approved by the House, despite having virtually no data...
When Ellie Otis, a member of March for Our Lives Utah, re-read her speech on Wednesday from last summer’s protest against gun violence, she thought to herself, “I should just read this again....
The Utah Legislative Session began on Jan. 17 of this year, and lawmakers have already begun addressing their main priorities for this 45-day period. Creating water and housing affordability,...
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has deeply affected all people who can carry children. Among the most impacted, however, are rape survivors. In some states, they now face harsher abortion laws...
By Sydney Kincart, Print Chief, Opinion Writer
• January 29, 2022
I attended high school in South Dakota, which resides on the stolen land of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota. The Feathering and Honoring ceremony, an important part of my high school’s graduation...
By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer
• February 29, 2020
In 2008, the Department of Justice released sickening statistics regarding violence toward Native American women. They found that Native Americans disappear at twice the rate per capita compared...
On Jan. 18, hundreds of Utahns passed up their weekly opportunity to sleep in in favor of attending what has become the annual Salt Lake City Womxn’s March, and I was lucky — with my mom,...
By Sasha Poma, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 12, 2020
Utah State Rep. Angela Romero’s H.B. 90 Child Abuse Reporting Amendments has made some religious communities in Utah concerned that their first amendment rights may be stripped away and clergy...
On June 6, KUER hosted National Public Radio’s "The Takeaway" at the University of Utah's S.J. Quincy Law School. The live event featured a panel discussion about violence against women and...
