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…
As of Saturday, April 17, the trial prosecuting Derek Chauvin, a prior member of the Minneapolis Police Department, has been in progress for 3 weeks. After the death of George Floyd in May of 2020–publicized through a widely-circulating video showing Chauvin holding his knee on Floyd’s neck for over 9 minutes as the latter struggled…
The article below contains information about sexual assault and violence. If you or someone you know may be dealing with anything of this nature, Hope College has an anonymous reporting form you can access here. Research from the CDC shows that nearly one in five women have experienced completed or attempted rape during their lifetime….
On Monday, March 22, ten people were shot and killed at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. The gunman, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was armed with both a military-style semi-automatic rifle and a pistol, according to the New York Times. Among the ten victims was a member of the Boulder Police Department, Officer…
Following heavy torrential rain across eastern Australia at the end of last month, massive floods have forced over 40,000 to evacuate their homes. Some areas have received over 40 inches of rain in one week, hundreds of homes have been submerged and even the arid central section of the country is experiencing rushing waterfalls. Tourists…
Last Tuesday, March 16, nine people were shot and eight were killed during a shooting spree at three Asian-owned spa parlors in Acworth and Atlanta in Georgia. Seven of the victims were women, of whom six were of Asian descent. The first shooting occurred at Young’s Asian Massage off Highway 92 in Cherokee County, where…
*Trigger Warning: Disturbing Image* On February 1, the Myanmar military — known as the Tatmadaw — staged a coup d’etat, overthrowing the Southeast Asian country’s government. This restricting takeover, involving the detainments of government officials and internet shutdowns, came after a 12-year quasi-democratic rule under State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Protests quickly broke out…
Last Tuesday, Calvin University students set up a display table on campus with messaging that suggested having an LGBTQ+ orientation is sinful. “LGBTQ IS SIN. THE BIBLE SAYS. Change my mind,” read a sign on the booth, and a nearby poster listed several different Bible verses that forwarded the students’ message.Calvin students organized a silent…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, made headlines last week in their viral interview with Oprah Winfrey. Across the two-hour primetime special, the couple detailed the challenges they faced as a part of the British royal family and explained the reasons for their exit from the centuries-old institution, which ranged from discussions…