Opinion
What COVID-19 Teaches Us About the Future of Environmentalism
By overcoming the adversity brought forth by coronavirus, environmental activism will become stronger. It will not only expand its reach to more platforms, virtual and physical, but also to more people from diverse ages and backgrounds.
To Be an American: Exploring Patriotism in the Face of Injustice
Now more than ever, being patriotic entails accountability on various levels ranging from individual actions to established institutions. Our right to criticize our country remains one of our most crucial.
The Personal Price of “Systemic” Healthcare Inequality
Shallow attempts at cultural sensitivity might appear to encourage diversity, but in truth, they erase the true diversity that occurs within—not between—different racial, ethnic, and religious groups.
American Dreams: Immigrant America Before and After the Pandemic
There’s no justification as potent as a pandemic for xenophobic policies and politicians.
Our Extraterrestrial Military Space Power
It would be naive to imagine that space will continue to be a solely cooperative environment, as that has never been true as long as humans have had access to space.
The Political Implications of Meritocracy
Meritocracy ultimately becomes a cop-out for powerful people attempting to avoid the work of addressing inequalities ingrained in society.
On Bangsamoro Neglect: Why All Filipinos are Accountable for acts of Extremism
The lack of conversation was deafening. Filipinos’ silence when their countrymen face the fear of terrorism and systemic abuses is a true indication of how the ignorance of all Filipinos renders them complicit to the rise of extremism in Mindanao.
Beautiful Island: On Taiwan As a Modern Beacon of Freedom and Democracy
Today, Taiwan is a beacon of democracy and freedom, as well as a prominent defender of human rights, yet it still faces many domestic and foreign threats to its autonomy and social-political well-being.