Opinions Archives – The Statesman

How climate change is being reimagined in fiction

#OPINION Although it may come as a surprise to some, our generation is being impacted as we speak. A child born today faces health risks to their immune systems from environmental pollutants, along with long-term damage from heightened temperatures and air pollution.

How neocolonialism is killing our planet

2021 Op-eds Opinions Special IssuesApril 23, 2021

#OPINION Corporations and governments across the world are pushing the Earth deeper into the global climate crisis, and immediate action must be made to combat this.

Legalizing recreational marijuana is what we needed all along

2021 Op-eds Opinions Special IssuesApril 20, 2021

#OPINION On March 31, Governor Cuomo signed legislation legalizing the use of recreational marijuana for adults in New York State. While I have never used marijuana, I fully support the legalization of it for several reasons.

Why individual actions are dragging down the environmental movement

2021 Earth Day 2021 Op-eds Opinions Special IssuesApril 18, 2021April 24, 2021

#OPINION: For a sustainable future — and an environmental movement with a tangible, positive impact on climate change — a focus on organized systemic change is necessary.

Why newsrooms must reflect the public in order to properly serve it

Op-eds OpinionsApril 17, 2021

#OPINION: I preached how transparency was the way of the future for the industry, so I would be a hypocrite if I failed to mention how, as an opinion writer, I didn’t do my last piece justice.

Despite Alabama defeat, Amazon employees should continue their union fight

Op-eds OpinionsApril 15, 2021

#OPINION Recent reports have come out targeting Amazon for exposing their workers to inhumane conditions. Amid these reports, Amazon workers have been moving towards forming labor unions in order to gain extra protection and rights in the workplace.

What a botched public health response can teach us one year after COVID-19 hit the U.S.

Op-eds OpinionsApril 15, 2021

#OPINION With all that happened in 2020, it’s easy to overlook some valuable lessons we can take away from both our collective and individual experiences. We must understand how challenges that may seem independent from one another are connected.

Addressing anti-Asian racism: A letter from PUSO

Letters Op-eds OpinionsApril 8, 2021April 13, 2021

Members of the Philippine United Student Organization (PUSO) at SBU share their thoughts on the recent surge of anti-Asian hate crimes.

If we want journalism to survive, it begins with self-evaluation

Op-eds OpinionsApril 4, 2021

#OPINION If we want to continue to tell stories, we need to adapt and change. But rather than straying from our roots, we should reconsider why they were planted in the first place.

The myth of cancel culture: Why racists have bestsellers

Op-eds OpinionsApril 3, 2021

#OPINION The cancel culture preached by right-wing press is a fallacy. When it comes to causing substantial consequences for those who abuse their high positions, social media outcry often has no significant effect.

Opinions

Georgia’s voting law is unfair

Growing fight against voting rights derives from historical disenfranchisement efforts

Baseball sucks — and I love it

To go green, we must take smaller steps in legislation