Opinion

This week, Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson signed into a law that outlaws gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. In addition, it gives doctors the right to deny healthcare based on someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This has to stop.  This bill will harm an entire generation of transgender minors. That is the plain truth …

On Wednesday March 24, 2021 the Minnesota Supreme Court made a decision that not only dismissed a rapist from charges but will also allow others to walk free as well. This decision was made due to an on-going case from May 2017. In this case Francois Momulu Khalil raped a woman he met …

Since the 1970s, various movements to admit the District of Columbia as a new state to the Union have fallen flat. Continually, the city’s non-voting representative in the House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would start the process of statehood for D.C. In the modern era, the push for statehood may …

Last semester Pitt State made the decision to move spring break to the end of the semester instead of having a break in the middle due to COVID-19 concerns and students traveling. Shortly after this announcement, Pitt State then asked students if they would be interested in built in mental health days …

The two primary political parties, Democrats and Republicans, are often referred to as “liberal” and “conservative.” All this really boils down to is approaches to economic and social policy. The Democrats, the liberal party, is primarily concerned with larger government legislation that provides aid to the working poor, and civil …

Claire Hofstetter, PSU student   My name is Claire Hofstetter, and I am in the Intro to Women’s Studies class this year at PSU. For this class, I am doing a project about sexual violence. A lot of people and students may think they know exactly what sexual violence is (sexual assault and …

In the last four days news has spread of Nebraska’s plan to update their Health Education Standards. Nebraska updated their Health Education Standards on March 4 to include beginning sexuality education in Kindergarten. It describes eight categories that are important for their health education. These categories are personal health, nutrition, physical activity, substance abuse …

There is great truth to the idea that history repeats itself. Every time the Republican party loses an election, their next strategy after plain obstructionism is to worry about things that no red-blooded American is actually worried about until they are told to worry about. This is what we call …