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Reese: Marry Who You Want When You Want

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer February 5, 2021

  The government has long been heavily involved in the martial affairs of everyday citizens. The Supreme Court has declared certain marriage regulations unconstitutional in Loving v Virginia (1967)...

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Reese: What to Expect from Governor Cox

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer January 30, 2021

  I first met then-Lt. Governor Spencer Cox when I was in high school. My class visited the Utah State Capitol, and he happened to speak to us that day. He seemed like every other Utah politician,...

Outside of the Natural History Museum of Utah on Jan. 22, 2021.

Reese: The U Needs to Break Up with Rio Tinto

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer January 26, 2021

  In the weeks just prior to President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Trump administration moved quickly to sell sacred Apache land to Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto. The move was met...

UnSafe U protesters gather at the public safety building on the University of Utah Campus in Salt Lake City to protest the actions of officers involved in the Lauren McCluskey case on August 6, 2020. (The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Reese: U Students Need and Deserve a Transparent Administration

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer January 14, 2021

  The University of Utah Campus Police has been plunged into yet another scandal as Chief of Police, Rodney Chatman, has been placed on administrative leave. This is another addition to the string...

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Alexander & Reese: It’s Time for Utah to Decriminalize Marijuana

By CJ Alexander and Isaac Reese December 29, 2020

  If you have ever lived in a college dorm or gone to an outdoor concert, the smell of marijuana tends to drift around a lot. Around 52% of Americans have tried marijuana at least once, yet 40,000...

Reese: Prop 22 Is the Gig Economy’s Declaration of War against Workers

Reese: Prop 22 Is the Gig Economy’s Declaration of War against Workers

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer December 22, 2020

  This November, California voters passed Proposition 22 with 58% of the vote, endorsing a bill that would make gig economy companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash exempt from protecting the workers...

Utah Governor Gary Herbert addresses a luncheon at the National Press Club, October 2, 2015. Photo courtesy of Noel St. John.

Reese: Herbert & Cox Would Rather Utahns Die than Have a Bad Economic Year

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer December 5, 2020

  Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, now our governor-elect, have failed Utahns. Early in 2020 they wasted $800,000 on a drug that is proven to not help fight COVID-19. They...

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Reese: Progressives Are Winning And Centrist Democrats Need to Stop Scapegoating Them

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer November 26, 2020

  This year even more progressive Democrats have been elected to Congress, joining the ranks of representatives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pramila Jayapal and Ayanna Pressley, to name a few....

Silvia Ocampo prepares drive through orders at Del Taco on 800 E and 400 S in Salt Lake City on Nov. 14, 2020. (Photo by Gwen Christopherson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Reese: It’s Time for a $15 Minimum Wage

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer November 19, 2020

  The Trump administration has allowed at least six million Americans to fall into poverty during the economic recession prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect...

A police officer enters the Salt Lake Metro Jail in South Salt Lake City on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.

Reese: Voting Is a Right and Our Government Needs To Treat It as Such

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer November 8, 2020

  For every 100,000 people in Utah, 439 of them are incarcerated. Approximately 2.3 million people are currently incarcerated in the United States — the equivalent of around 2/3 of Utah’s population....

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