Column: Hardworking students are true victims of admissions scandal
Brittany Mendez, columnist
March 21, 2019
When the list of people involved in the college admissions bribery scandal was released, the first thing I did was check to see if I knew someone on it. I attended an elite, private K-12 school in Washington, D.C., not because my parents paid for me to get there, but because I worked hard. In fact, my ...
Column: O’Rourke may not win, but he’ll show us where politics stands
Matt Hersey, columnist
March 20, 2019
On Thursday, former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election, standing on countertops and chairs all along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. While O’Rourke already had to address his complex past — like recent findings of past involvement in a ...
Column: Black history is everyone’s history
Brittany Mendez, news staff
February 27, 2019
At Northeastern, 6 percent of students are African American, 8 percent are Hispanic, 16 percent are Asian American and 1 percent is Native American. What do all of these groups have in common besides being minorities here? They all have heritage months. Why? American history is notorious for neglecting the history, life ...
Column: Media diversity left behind in Trump era
Melissa Wells, opinion editor
February 20, 2019
American news media does not reflect the diversity of the nation, and it struggles to reverse the historical erasure of a wide range of voices.
Column: Black history isn’t ancient history
Brittany Mendez, news staff
February 20, 2019
Although Black History Month has existed for most of our lifetimes, that is not the case for many of our living relatives. It is not only important to remember, it is important to commemorate because it is history still in the making.
Column: Homelessness is a circumstance, not a trait
Matt Hersey, columnist
February 20, 2019
Wandering home, padding through snow back to a warm room is a privilege we should all experience. Yet, throughout Boston, forgotten residents fell asleep cold and wet.
Column: There’s more to the wall battle than politics
Matt Hersey, columnist
February 7, 2019
We don’t need a wall. We don’t need Americans rationing insulin or money for food. We certainly don’t need elderly elite politicians making decisions that will handicap our empathy tomorrow. This humanitarian issue deserves a humanitarian response, not a cold, rigid steel wall.
Column: Black History Month celebrates American greatness
Melissa Wells, opinion editor
February 7, 2019
Our history is dark, but we have always paved a path for the success of future generations. So, this month, The News will dedicate a column each week to this celebration — a small gesture to a community ingrained in the foundation of this country and essential to that American greatness we all applaud today.
Column: Where does the Pledge of Allegiance belong?
Miska Salemann, guest columnist
February 2, 2019
There is something bewildering about expecting students to say an oath in a seemingly “free” country, especially in one built by dissidents. Yet, in the United States, we do.
Column: You keep Macbeth, I’ll take Beloved
Riley Robinson, columnist
January 23, 2019
In a world of art which multiplies and time that only seems to shrink, I’m ready to burn the traditional parameters of “well-read.”
Column: U.S. must respect immigrant rights
Melissa Wells, opinion editor
November 29, 2018
History will remember the United States characterized immigrants as criminals and attacked unarmed men, women and children looking for the American dream that brought the founding ancestors of this country here so long ago.
Column: U.S. must confront racist speech in politics
Melissa Wells, columnist
November 15, 2018
This isn’t about political correctness, it is the use of coded racist language normalized in our politics and in the media. Where is the accountability?
