President Biden spoke to a joint session of Congress in his State of the Union Address on Wednesday, April 28, laying out an ambitious $1.8 trillion social spending plan to expand health care, increase access to education and reduce the cost of child care by raising taxes on the wealthiest earners. The American Families Plan…
On Wednesday, April 28, a federal grand jury indicted three men on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging last year. Arbery’s death, which sparked a national outcry, occurred near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020. He was chased down…
Over the past few weeks, cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed in India as part of a new second wave of the virus to hit the country. As of April 30, there were over 400,000 cases. There were less than 120,000 cases in early April. India accounts for a third of all global COVID-19 cases, and…
Freshman have had a rough go of it. The end of their senior year of high school was ruined, and they have only known college through the lens of COVID-19. With all of the restrictions and safety guidelines it has been harder to do everything, from getting lunch at Phelps to going to club meetings,…
With two weeks left in a long and difficult semester, Hope College students were able to relax one more time on April 28 as the final Break Day took place. Similar in many respects to the Break Day preceding it, the college sponsored a number of events on campus for students to engage in. Most…