Share: There have been a lot of complaints over the years as Disney continues to release more and more live action remakes of their iconic animated movies, though until recently, those movies have still made a lot of money in the box office, making it seem as though the complaints were just talk. The Little Mermaid, released in 2023, made less than the other movies, most likely because a black girl was cast in the role and people were angered at that. When Rachel Zegler …
‘The Six Triple Eight’ is great, but this story should have been taught in schools
Share: “We are anxious for you to know that we want to be and insist upon being considered a part of our American democracy, not something apart from it” – Mary McLeod Bethune. This quote begins Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight,” a film that precisely captures the anxieties and resoluteness Bethune speaks of. Not only an accurate retelling of the Six Triple Eight’s (6888) story, this timeless movie also parallels modern-day Black experiences. Yet, response to the film emphasizes the 6888’s obscurity, revealing a pattern …
‘Signalgate’ shenanigans cause national security shitstorm
Share: Jeffrey Goldburg, the Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic, knew about the bombs the U.S. had planned to drop on Yemen two hours before the bombings actually occurred. He had been added to a group chat with a multitude of high ranking members of the Trump administration, none of whom noticed the editor was included in their Signal chat. They discussed the bombing of Houthis, and their apparent disdain for Europe. They also texted emojis in response to war plans. Then, in a grocery store parking …
Are Bernie and AOC offering us genuine hope? It’s too early to tell
Share: As the current socioeconomic climate continues to decline under the second Trump administration, signs of opposition are finally coming from Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The duo are visiting major cities in what they’re calling the “Fight Oligarchy” tour, but is this the progressive movement we’ve been waiting for? I fear it’s not. We are actively seeing the efforts of the Trump administration materialize in ways we only imagined in our worst nightmares. It’s a long list, amongst them the gutting of …
Trump’s climate policy is just another get rich quick scheme
Share: Climate change is becoming a bigger and bigger issue and evolving, causing a chain reaction of severe weather like wildfires and storms. On Trump’s first day back in office, he withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Treaty. He signed to let natural disasters worsen. A study shows climate change made conditions more intense for the recent California wildfires, with drier and warmer weather. The storms that took over the midwest over the weekend of March 14th killed at least 42 people with violent …
Editorial: Colleges must protect students and scholars from deportation
Share: “It seems like a dream, but, as you all know, we Nisei students—that is, the American-born Japanese—soon will be no longer with you.” These words were written by PCC student Tamio Fujimoto, and published in the Courier in 1942, ahead of the mass-internment of Japanese Americans. The same words echo eerily in the present. Once again, our government is targeting individuals based on national origin and political expression under the guise of national security. The recent deportation of Brown University professor Rasha Alawieh and …
Trump’s airstrikes provoke Iran at Yemen’s expense
Share: On Monday, March 17, 2025, the Associated Press reported that the United States bombed Yemen two nights in a row, claiming to target Houthi leaders in the capital of Sanaa on Saturday, March 15. President Donald Trump warns Iran in supporting Houthi activity in the Red Sea. Trump has found himself in the midst of chaos once again. Orders of airstrikes in Yemen have resulted in the deaths of 53 people and the injuries of 100 civilians. On the second night of airstrikes, US …
Ye’s desperation for attention puts his own kids at risk
Share: The Ye controversy never ends and his latest song “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine” featuring Diddy and his daughter North West is no exception. West decided to put his eleven year old daughter on a song with a known predator to get his name back in tabloid headlines. Ye released a song on X featuring Diddy, Diddy’s son “King” Combs, Jasmine Williams, and his daughter North West. In retaliation, Kim Kardashian took legal action demanding a cease and desist against the song. She …
Dear professor: Reading emails isn’t enough, students need timely responses
Share: I shouldn’t have to beg a professor to do the bare minimum—check their inbox and hit reply. But when one ignored my urgent email for two-weeks, nearly costing me my college acceptance, that’s exactly what I had to do. When she finally replied, I submitted my materials. Hours later, I got my acceptance letter. But what if she had waited another day? And what about the time another professor never responded at all? I waited, sent a follow-up, and waited again—nothing. The deadline passed, …
Trump is money-hungry, and his $5 million gold card proves that
Share: Just weeks after tightening immigration and conducting mass deportations, President Donald Trump has proposed a $5 million ‘gold card’ to replace the current EB-5 foreign investor citizenship, showing how utterly focused he is on status and money. Trump introduced this concept of a plan on Feb. 26, only about a month after his inauguration, when he signed executive orders that would restrict immigration and even attempted to end birthright citizenship, which is a constitutional right. This gold card seems contradictory to Trump’s immigration goals, …