Tag: politics
Sep. 23, 2022
West Philadelphia: a community beyond Drexel
As a first year student at Drexel University, it may seem like you are learning new things about Drexel every day, but something that your…
Aug. 26, 2022
A Letter to the Editor: Concerning Roe V. Wade
Dear Editor of The Triangle, As you know, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, upending decades of legalized abortions…
Jul. 22, 2022
‘It’s been devastating:’ Drexel community reacts to reversal of Roe
Roe v. Wade is a 1973 case that made abortion legal on a federal level. On May 3, 2022, a Supreme Court ruling to overturn…
Jun. 10, 2022
Ukrainian and Russian students share thoughts on the ongoing war while the Drexel community stands with Ukraine
Just hours before playing the NCAA Final National Championship with the Drexel Women’s Squash team, Alina Bushma heard the news of Russia invading her home…
Jun. 10, 2022
The Robot Problem
It’s easy to understand and hard to ignore the popular sentiment around automation. With the world we live in, the idea of blue-collar jobs being…
Jun. 10, 2022
‘There is nothing stopping this from happening right outside my house’: South Street mass shooting leaves Philly & the university shaken in horror
A deadly shooting occurred on Saturday, June 4, that claimed three lives and injured 11 on Philadelphia’s South Street. Shots were fired around 11:30 p.m.…
Jun. 5, 2020
The man without a mask
A dark wind is blowing through this country, and we can only await what destruction it will finally bring. Before the coronavirus descended on us,…
May. 29, 2020
Death has a Salesman in the White House
Donald Trump had the most famous line of the 2016 presidential campaign. He said that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue…
May. 22, 2020
How the Grand Old Party Became the Grim Old Reaper
The historian Joseph J. Ellis defines a political faction succinctly as “an organized minority whose very purpose [is] to undercut the public will, usually by…
Mar. 13, 2020
Resurrection Games: The Second Coming of Joe Biden
Stranger and stranger. The 2020 political season has already been bizarre, and the surprises keep coming. At the same time, some things have been as…
