Virginia Grants Convicts Suffrage
By: Nicole Kazmierczak
In many US states, felons convicted of serious crimes often have very restricted voting rights following their release from prison. In states...
The Truth Behind the Death Penalty
By: Rebecca Jordan
Jimmy Lee Gray of Mississippi died banging his head against a steel pole in the gas chamber where he was ordered to...
Feeling the Bern Won’t Fix Everything
By: Wladimir Sarmiento
As we all no doubt have realized by now, Williamsville East is, for better or for worse, a haven for liberal ideology....
The Injustice of the Wage Gap By: Anne Marie Jones
Say that both of your parents are lawyers.  If you were to compare their incomes, your father’s would be more.  Not because he necessarily...
Ben & Jerry’s Goes Vegan
By: Peter Zeng
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Unless you’re a vegan... until now. Vegans are people who choose not...
War on Drugs: The New Jim Crow
By: Sam Schatmeyer
At what point do we acknowledge that the solution to a problem has become the problem itself?
The Jim Crow laws spurred the...
Snowstorm Jonas Sweeps the Nation
By: Jenna Marcus
Snowstorm Jonas consumed the East Coast beginning Saturday, January 23. Meteorologists predicted 14 to 48 inches of snow in multiple areas. As...
E-Sports on ESPN
By: Peter Zeng
Recently, there has been a rise in the popularity of Electronic Sports (ESports) as a source of entertainment which has been seen...
Democratic Debate
By: Bryan Bacher
On Sunday, January 17, 2016, the NBC Democratic Debate was held in Charleston, South Carolina. Senator Sanders won the debate overall, crushing...
The Death Penalty: The Real Facts
By: Madeleine Bartz
Capital punishment in the United States has been going on since the British brought it with them to the colonies. Approximately six...