Opinion Columns
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Black staff matter
James Baldwin once said, “The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” From the second I started my education here I’ve constantly seen and interacted with black staff working as servers, security guards, janitors and the like.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Protecting the press from tyranny
The state of the press is alarming. And many of the critiques of the media, echoing endlessly in the ears of the American people, are legitimate and necessary.
Joe Tharakan | We are all idiots
In high school, I used to participate in extemporaneous speaking. We were given a question on current events; something like, “How will Brexit impact the UK economy?” might be asked today.
Toe the Line: College Republicans | Holding both the press and President Trump accountable
The College Republicans urge both President Trump and the news media to grow up. Regardless of who dealt the first blow or who started it, the president and the media are caught in a mean-spirited, childish conflict.Group Think | Was Yale correct to change Calhoun College name?
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Amy Chan | Burning neither bridges nor money
Last Thursday, a Pembroke College student burned a £20 note in front of a homeless man on Bridge Street.
Reid Jackson | All speech is free speech
This week, the British government formally rejected an online petition started on its website to cancel U.S.
Taylor Becker | Penn's (disappearing?) middle class
A recent New York Times article showed that the median family income for an undergraduate family at Penn is $195,500, placing the median Penn family in the 82nd percentile among U.S. families.
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Whom we remember
This semester, I’ve done my best to be as attentive as possible when examining Penn culture, and researching black history at Penn has truly strengthened that attentiveness.
Group Think | Addressing economic inequality at Penn
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Emily Hoeven | Hope is the thing with feathers
Sometimes I feel like the most tangible thing I’ve gotten from my college education is a broader and more refined understanding of just how many things are wrong with the world, how many terrible atrocities have been committed in the past and continue to be committed, how many people are suffering in many different ways.
Cameron Dichter | Critique not condemnation
After discussing, in the latter portion of my previous column, the professional troll that is Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, I was sincerely intending to pick a more pleasant topic for this week.
James Lee | The quest for nuance
To fellow PPE majors - have you noticed just how difficult it is to explain the major to non-Penn people?
Isabel Kim | This is not a column about Trump
It’s only my third column of the semester, and I am already wracking my brains to think of something to write about.
James Fisher | From the bottom of the barrel to Penn: Already at a disadvantage
The minute I stepped out of my uncle’s car and arrived at Harrison College House, I should have known that my life would change forever.
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: the white moderate
Allyship is not found in those who wear a safety pin, but in those who dedicate their efforts towards diminishing the inequities that cause protests in the first place.
Joe Tharakan | The power of the purse strings
On Monday, 97 Companies issued a joint statement going against the “Muslim Ban” executive order.
Michael Palamountain | An appreciation of labor and a critique of leisure
Despite the title, this article will not serve as some sort of rallying cry to raise the minimum wage nor will it attempt to explain the complicated nature of universal basic income.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Immigration policy
One week after his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order indefinitely halting the resettlement of Syrian refugees and temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority nations from traveling into the United States.