Demonstrators gathered along the border of the Gaza strip and Israel over the past three weeks. Israel’s army stationed tanks and more than 100 snipers on the border with the authorization to shoot. Unsurprisingly, bloodshed ensued. The protests revolve around the Palestinian right of return, the paramount political issue to many Gazan refugees. The issue...
Our society and education system has failed to understand the true extent of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a great American in our arduous and protracted history of the struggle for freedom and justice. As an activist, King valued each and every human life, judging them not “by the color of their skin,...
Free speech advocates frequently criticize college campuses for their outlandish protests of right-wing speakers and anti-speech demonstrations. While these complaints certainly have merit, freedom of expression is in danger of encroachment from a much more influential institution than organized college students: the Israeli lobby. Israel’s Knesset, the country’s unicameral elected legislature, passed a law in...
The U.S. dollar has dominated the international economic system for almost a century, but that may be coming to an end. Through the third year of World War I, the British pound remained on the gold standard and as the world reserve currency, but Britain’s war deficit accumulated. Britain had to take out loans, and...
The Conservation Club will collaborate with the City of Hillsdale’s recreation department, proposing a project which would implement fishing line receptacles into Baw Beese Lake this spring. “Everyone in the club is super passionate about plastic in the environment,” said senior Andrea Wallace, president of the Conservation Club. “Plastic has definitely been a theme...