After a tragedy, it is calming for many to rationalize some of the pain by casting the event as unforeseeable, and thus, unpreventable. That comfort cannot be found in Buffalo.
Our approach to ending gun violence cannot be treated as a merely political issue. Gun culture is so deeply embedded into states like Texas that we must also push for a transformative cultural change.
Lost in the Biden administration’s progressive campaign rhetoric is the undeniable reality of sustained, nativist violence committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers against the “huddled masses” at our borders.
This is the present we have picked. A present in which the American way becomes the mere skill of pretending that there is nothing to grieve even as we mourn.
Simply put, America is condemned to a future of mass bloodshed that is hypothetically completely preventable but realistically inevitable and intractable.
With an upcoming Colombian presidential election, the stakes of U.S.-Colombian diplomacy are high. Can a bill designating Colombia as a Major Non-NATO Ally demonstrate the utility of the U.S. as an ally and promote U.S. strength in Latin America?
When legislators trade stocks, they erode the foundations of American democracy. Such a sentiment may ring outrageously bold, but this is an idea that the majority of Americans seem to subscribe to.
Striking down Roe v. Wade, far from stopping abortions, will only minimize the number of safe abortions and dramatically increase dangerous procedures.
