Opinion Instead of Defunding the Police: Modernize Them In the wake of the George Floyd protests and a nationwide conversation about the role of law enforcement, the country seems deadlocked on how, or if at all, to reform Mimi St Johns 17 Dec 2020
Opinion In 2020, Populism was the Real Winner There is a clear winner in this election: populism-- a political philosophy aimed at working-class people. While voters may have rejected Trump’s rhetoric and coronavirus policy, they did not Mimi St Johns 19 Nov 2020
Review Recommends Classes for the College Contrarian 2020-2021 Every year Stanford releases its vast course list on ExploreCourses, but gives very little guidance for students to choose which classes they should spend their 12 to 22 units on. Multiple authors 10 Sep 2020
Opinion The ASSU Should Confront History Rather Than Punish its Tellers In late April, Professor Rose Salseda of the art history department gave a guest lecture in CSRE 196C: “Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.” In that lecture, she Mimi St Johns 25 May 2020
Opinion Black Conservatives are Still Black I am black and gay. I am also a conservative-libertarian. Stanford welcomes all different races and sexual identities with openness and acceptance. The same cannot be said for all political Mimi St Johns 14 May 2020
Opinion Why California is a Model of Economic Nationalism Conservatives routinely point out the benefits of economic nationalism: self-reliance and security. Yet, California, a liberal stronghold, has benefited from Trumpian economic nationalism. Compared to other liberal states with large Mimi St Johns 15 Apr 2020
Satire 5 Innovative Ideas for Hacking Hate On January 25, Stanford’s best coders will be teaming up to tackle racial injustice in a five-hour “hate hackathon.” The winners get funding and resources from the offices of Mimi St Johns 17 Jan 2020
Opinion View from the Rust Belt: How Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party Abandoned Me I volunteered for Bernie Sanders for about nine months during the 2016 Democratic primary elections, working almost ten hours a week to support his grassroots campaign. I handed out flyers, Mimi St Johns 4 Nov 2019
