For more than two months, millions of farmers in India have braved the freezing rain on the outskirts of New Delhi. Blocked from further entering the city by large police barricades of barbed wire and trenches, the farmers have set up camp in protest against the new farming laws passed last September. These three Farm…
A shocking video taken in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, showing a 91-year-old man shoved face-first into the sidewalk, has been widely circulated over the past few weeks. This attack has left the community on high alert during a time when anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise. Other attacks, too, such as one that led to…
When Lucy Gruber graduated from Hope, the last thing she expected was to be working as an alderman less than a year later. Gruber, who graduated with a major in political science and a minor in communications, went back to her hometown to work remotely when the St. Charles, IL 3rd ward alderman’s seat became…
On February 16 a disturbing display of hate symbols has left a community shocked and worried. JeDonna Dinges, an African American resident of Grosse Pointe Park in suburban Detroit, noticed her neighbor displaying a KKK flag in his window. The flag directly faced Dinges’s home, and after several suspicious incidents with the neighbor, including finding…
After the busy and at times tumultuous 2020 election season, Republican and Democratic leaders have been making a vast amount of changes to some of the logistical aspects of voting. The United States House of Representatives passed a new voting rights bill on March 3 promising to increase access to the right to vote. The…
Bethany Christian Services, one of the country’s largest adoption and foster care agencies, announced on March 1 that it will place children in LGBTQ+ homes. This is a major turning point, both for the faith-based organization and the battle between faith-based agencies and what the New York Times describes as a “longstanding opposition to working…
During the stressful season of the presidential election last semester, The Anchor sat down with the Hope Republicans and Hope Democrats to get their thoughts about the coming months and political culture on campus. Now that time has passed, a candidate has been selected and a new administration has settled in, The Anchor has decided…
If you’re a freshman or sophomore who isn’t from Holland, chances are you’ve never been to Tulip Time before. The Tulip Time Festival is a 92-year-old annual experience that celebrates the hundreds of thousands of tulips that bloom in the spring. The festival features national entertainment acts, events and activities for all ages, and some…
The 1970s were a tumultuous time in America, with the war in Vietnam taking shape, the rise of U.S. counterculture, a tumble in trust in the government following Watergate and a rapidly changing U.S economy. Having only recently come out of the civil rights era, the country was left to reckon with the echoes of…
Due to growing controversy, Michigan’s former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lee Chatfield, resigned from his position as CEO of Southwest Michigan First on February 22. Chatfield’s resignation comes in the wake of controversy surrounding his support for blocking protections for LGBTQ+ individuals in his former role of state representative. This included Chatfield blocking expansions…