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Aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. (Courtesy Picryl)

Buening: Collective Memory Should Serve Everyone

By Sarah Buening, Assistant Opinion Editor March 24, 2022

  As the Russia-Ukraine war wages and tensions continue to rise, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich highlighted the role of collective memory within the issue. In a Guardian column, he...

(Graphic by Cyan Larson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Alexander: We Need Critical Race Theory

By CJ Alexander, Special Projects Managing Editor June 1, 2021

  It’s been one year since George Floyd died and our nation demanded an end to police brutality against Black people. Our institutions, policies, laws and daily lives came under scrutiny as we...

Andra Day as Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. (Courtesy Hulu)

Opening Up the Oscars: ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor April 25, 2021

  One of the final contenders for the upcoming Academy Awards is “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” a Lee Daniels film following the life and career of jazz singer Billie Holiday. Based...

(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

  Personally, I don’t think we should have Black History Month at all. The Black community doesn’t deserve to have their entire history condensed to fit into the shortest month of the year....

Vivian Malone Jones, one of the first two black students at the University of Alabama, arrives to register for classes. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Cushman: ‘Politically Correct’ Laws Take Substantive Steps Toward Equality

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer January 18, 2020

  In November 2020, Utahns will have the opportunity to approve a state constitutional amendment that would remove slavery as an option for the punishment of a crime. The amendment proposed in...

Barber: 1947: Race in the United States

Barber: 1947: Race in the United States

By Shaelyn Barber April 8, 2018

Among old belt-buckles, wooden furniture, yard appliances and music records, I found gold at a yard sale — a copy of Life Magazine from Sept. 15, 1947. It’s brimming with history, a time capsule of...

(Photo by Cole Tan)

Freedom Rider Speaks at Hinckley on Importance of Social Activism

February 4, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, a civil rights activist, Freedom Rider and lunch counter sit-ins participant, spoke at the Hinckley forum on Tuesday. Raised in Virginia,...