WASHINGTON, D.C. – I moved to Washington D.C. three days before I joined the third annual Women’s March on Washington. Within four days of living here I attended one of the biggest protests nationwide,...
The separation between Democrat and Republican or conservative and liberal is not the most divisive part of this country. It’s not what determines the vote. The true polarization of America is the separation...
Following the midterm elections, I looked up a collection of demographics for the new Congress. I was searching for updates on the amount of women and people of color compared to previous years, but one...
I read the news for politics. I find American politics fascinating and important for my life. I vote, so I read the news. While recently there has been no shortage of political news, there’s simultaneously...
Don’t use your ideology as an excuse to be a terrible person.
I’ve been a part of only two things for the entirety of my time at Augustana: the Observer and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Despite...
I don’t claim to be an expert in sex crime procedures or interrogation, but I’ll say that there’s absolutely no way Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is falsely accusing Brett Kavanaugh. To argue that she...
A list of things I won’t be able to complete in the next 60 days: complete a single term of school, train for a marathon, go through an entire gallon of milk, visit all three of my siblings, read my...
Before I get started, I’d like to put out a disclaimer that I don’t blame men for the misogynistic nature of America. I blame a lot of things, most specifically, gender stereotypes, but I don’t blame...
On August 29, the New York Times released an article claiming they had acquired Title IX changes proposed by the United States Department of Education. From the article, it is difficult to confirm the...
The thing about emergencies is that your initial reaction is never to believe it’s actually happening. Your first thought isn’t about how to handle the crisis at hand; your first thought is “Is this...
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The only time Sara Tilkens laughed when talking about her son was at the thought of it all being over. ‘It,’...
