As an interdisciplinary major, I find myself inclined to understand social issues in society. To begin, I wish to consider how and why generations have vastly different responses to social movements as a way to aid our understanding.
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Bending Over for China
With the arrival of the new administration, comes the changing of the guard for diplomats, as all diplomats are chosen by the president’s administration. Biden’s new diplomats in China, however, have had an uncomfortable start to their new jobs.
China: The (Not-So) Silent Suffering
In this day and age of overwhelming social justice and sweeping social reform, human rights are practically looked at as a prehistoric idea. The idea of a massive and powerful country not having basic human rights is unthinkable, as the US and it’s watchdog allies have become police of the world, protecting rights wherever they are vulnerable. Well, almost wherever.
COVID’S Long-Term Ramifications
We as people seem implicitly expectant of a return to life “as it was.” However, it is likely that the virus has impacted us profoundly enough to permanently alter the functional mechanisms and collective mindset of our society.
"Stop the Count!"
As this year’s election for the next President of the United States had progressed through its natural course, the Coronavirus pandemic had introduced a slew of changes to which both the candidates and the American people had to acclimate.
Low-Tech is Better Tech for Elections
The latest election technology, for better or worse, did not get picked to make its debut in the 2020 General Elections. The magnitude of the political moments (so, so, so many moments) leading up to Election Day 2020 caused a shift in the way local, county, and state officials would equip us as voters to cast the most important ballot in almost any adult’s lifetime.
The Great Recession: How it Happened and Why it Matters
We’ve all heard of the 2008 financial crisis, the so-called “Great Recession” that rocked the US. We all know what it caused, but do we know how it happened?
Censorship (Part 2): To Block or Not To Block
Censorship is not solely used by foreign government against its citizens, however. In the United States, right at this very moment, a legal war is being waged against the titans of the Internet. A war not only bringing claims of censorship, but also manipulation of what their customers actually do get to see.
North Korea Launders Over $170 Million Through U.S. Banks
Due to the crippling weight of this economic depression, North Korea has often used methods to try and avoid US sanctions, many of them involving their neighbor to the North, China.
Tech Trash Re-Hash
With the exponential growth of the Internet showing no signs of slowing, the steadily incrementing stream of technology garbage, likewise, sees no hints of abatement.
Censorship: Not Just for Despots Anymore
Consider all the information taken-in and all the economic activity conducted through television, mobile phones, and the Internet in general; then imagine all of it just stops for days, weeks, or months on end. Not because the cable company needs to repair a line, but because they’re being punished by the equivalent of their very own Federal Government.
Saturday Night...Politics?
While some longtime fans of this show agree with this new direction, its ratings have decreased in the new year, causing for suspicion in their choices in satire. Specifically, the plethora of sketches portraying Presidential matters.
Facebook and Politics
What is the connection between Facebook's newsfeed algorithms and the rise of the fake news phenmonen?
What Is Student Government, and What Can It Do for You?
What is the Student Government, what can it do for you, and how can you get involved?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
SUNY Polytechnic Institute's CSTEP Coordinator, David Podos, writes about how despite civil rights laws being passed more than 50 years ago, discrimination still persists to this day.
No SAexit
On Thursday, February 2nd, SUNY Poly student and Chief Justice of SUNY Poly SGU, Patrick Medve, proposed a bill at the SGU meeting in which he stated that we, the SUNY Poly SGU, should secede from SUNY SA.
Let's Send Donald Trump to Space
Maybe if world leaders were given the opportunity to make this perspective change you could change the world in a way that had a net benefit for everyone
An Opinion on the Presidential Election
Elizabeth Simonelli gives her opinion on the upcoming Presidential Election.
The First Presidential Debate of 2016
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On Monday, September 26, the Democratic and Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential elections engaged in their first debate.