OPINION: AT&T, OANN and Misinformation
Last year feels like it was a lifetime away. We were all at home because of the pandemic, people were hoarding toilet paper and seemingly everyone was making whipped coffee […]
Politics
OPINION: Biden’s Bill is a Resolution to Solve Tomorrow’s Problems Today
Infrastructure is the talk of the town in Washington D.C., as President Biden and his party continue to unveil new components of his infrastructure bill. The president’s 2.2 trillion dollar […]
OPINION: The Devil Went Down to Utah
So… we need to talk. Just this Wednesday, Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, called the national voting rights legislation H.R.1 a bill “written in hell by the devil […]
OPINION: Forget Waldo, Where’s Biden?
Every presidential administration has promised transparency and accountability, but controversies, scandals and hidden agendas have seemed to be inseparable from the White House since George Washington and won’t be going […]
OPINION: It’s Risky to Trust Athletes on their Politics
Soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović, in an interview with Sweden’s Discovery+, spoke critically of LeBron James’ attempts to weave politics into his platform as a basketball player, saying that James should […]
OPINION: McConnell Again Shows He Cares More About Hurting Democrats than Helping Americans
Upon entering the White House, each new president must fill 22 cabinet-level positions, from the Secretary of State to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. These officials tend to […]
Debate Deep Dive: Discussing the First Presidential Debate with Professor Clifford Cawthon
The first presidential debate of the 2020 election was unlike any in recent memory. To dig into what happened and what it means we reached out to Bellevue College Political […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination to the Supreme Court: What you need to know
President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacancy has come at a critical time, just weeks before the General Election. […]
President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus
On October 1, 2020, at 9:54 p.m. PT, President Trump announced via Twitter that both he and the First Lady were tested positive for COVID-19. The news broke merely hours […]
“The end of Hong Kong as we know it”: China’s new security law explained
On June 30, an hour before the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China from British rule, Beijing’s controversial new security law came into effect. Activists describe this new […]
The Equal Rights Amendment is almost there
The first section of The Equal Rights Amendment states, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on […]
Seattle Head-Tax Unlikely to Return Soon
With the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the nation’s economy, Seattle City Council has decided to play nice with big employers. The original Seattle “head” tax was designed to tax businesses […]
Corona Is Devastating The Airline Industry, Maybe That’s For The Best
The coronavirus pandemic is scary and is changing our entire way of life in sudden, drastic ways. Nevertheless, in time, it too shall pass. When it does, we need […]
Honestly, politicians should just elect themselves at this point
News stories about voter suppression have become regular occurrences these days: this week an Alabama man was blocked from voting because he owed $4 and nobody would tell him. The […]
Report shows how Bellevue-based foundation helped fund the alt-right
What we know now as the ‘alt-right’ movement began picking up notoriety in 2016 when President Trump’s victory demonstrated the powerful influence of white nationalism in American politics. But Trump […]
Dear Mr. Bloomberg, I’m not a fan
The Wizard of Oz has finally arrived. How gracious of you to finally join us, Mr. Bloomberg. We will just put aside for a second that you weren’t even supposed […]