Makayla Mahoney Connector Editor On Sunday, Feb. 1, five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander were released from an ICE processing center after being held there for more than a week. Their release comes after days of national outrage as a picture of the preschooler went viral online, showing him wearing his Spider-Man…
American citizens killed in Minneapolis ICE raids
Benjamin Heffner Connector Editor On January 7th, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed an American citizen during an immigration raid in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The victim, identified as 37-year-old mother and poet Renee Nicole Good, was in her car with her wife when they were surrounded by multiple ICE officers who screamed…
Government shutdown continues
(Photo courtesy of Jacob Levin) “Effects of the shutdown in Salem” Elias Arachiche Connector Contributor As we enter day 24 of the government shutdown (only 11 days short of the longest in American history), about 1.4 million government employees are missing their first full paycheck. Screenshots circulate online of employees posting their wire check showing…
Trump follows through on his promise to attack universities on DEI
(Photo courtesy of NPR) “Trump signing an executive order to end all DEI programs and policies” Tristin Henson Connector Staff Trump signed an executive order that stated diversity, equity, and inclusion policies for recipients of federal grants would end. This executive order caused concern not only among individual students at colleges that received those federal…
Government websites censor gender related information
(Photo courtesy of AP) “Screenshots of the United States Census Bureau displaying error messages when searching for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information” Tristin Henson Connector Staff Trump’s administration made the order to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and emails in a memo sent on Wednesday Jan. 29, with changes ordered to be instituted…
Supreme Court adopts new Code of Ethics
(Photo courtesy of TheRoot). “Members of the Supreme Court.” Michael Makiej Connector Staff On Monday, November 13, The Supreme Court of the United States adopted a new code of ethics. Signed by all nine Justices, the code was implemented in response to several months of media criticisms for an assortment of undisclosed donations made to…
Analyzing the 2023 United States Elections and What They Mean for 2024
(Photo courtesy of WSHU). “Freestanding sign that reads ‘VOTE HERE’.” Eric Schultz Connector Staff On November 7, 2023, Americans in several states took to the polls to cast their votes on Election Day. Generally speaking, odd-numbered election years in America are considered to be less important than presidential or midterm election years because of the…
House of Representatives faces major speaker crisis
(Photo courtesy of WSJ). “The Speakers platform in the House of Representative.” Michael Makiej Connector Contributor It has now been several weeks since former United States Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his position on Capitol Hill. This unprecedented and historic moment for the House of Representatives has left Americans without a…
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