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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Our View: Kent State must rally behind diverse community

January 31, 2017

In Monday’s edition of The Kent Stater, our editorial staff published an “Our View” condemning President Donald Trump’s 90-day ban on entry into the United States from seven countries based on...

Our View: #NoBanNoWall

Editorial Staff January 29, 2017

The Statue of Liberty was once an emblematic sight to those looking for better lives, for themselves and their families, as they left their homes and native countries and traveled to the land of opportunity.With...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: DeVos pick an affront to U.S. education

Bobbie Szabo January 25, 2017

I am the daughter of a teacher. I am the granddaughter of a teacher. I am the niece of a teacher. I am a friend of many teachers.Teachers have been, without question, the most formative people in my life...

Opinion: The oppressed need gun rights and education

Timothy Henderson January 25, 2017

It is a terrifying time in the United States to be a part of a marginalized and oppressed group.President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was one that centered around using xenophobia and racism to create...

Matt Poe

As Poe Puts It: Last national park closes, final polar bear dies amidst oil drilling

Matt Poe January 25, 2017

Yellowstone National Park, the last remaining national park in the United States, closed just a few weeks ago back in late March 2019. Located primarily in Wyoming, Yellowstone was established in 1872...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: As liberalism subsides

Stephen D'Abreau January 25, 2017

By the time you are reading this, we are about to officially complete our first week living under the new presidential administration.I have to admit, I am actually afraid. It isn’t because I’m black...

McKenzie Jean-Philippe

Opinion: It’s about time

McKenzie Jean-Philippe January 25, 2017

It's about time that the “who's who” of the entertainment industry have acknowledged that people with a little more melanin have more to contribute than comedians in voluptuous grandma suits, that...

Opinion: It’s time to call it – the American Dream is dead

Lucas Misera January 24, 2017

For nearly a century, the narrative within the United States has been a consistent one: Through hard work and egalitarianism, Americans are afforded the chance to succeed. Born in the shadows of the Great...

Opinion: Acceptance is not easy

Brandon Bounds January 24, 2017

It’s not easy to accept that the Oval Office has shifted from Barack Obama to President Donald Trump.It’s not easy to accept that the media is now at war with Trump, that those in my field are being...

Opinion: A few words on American patriotism

Daniel Henderson January 24, 2017

Former President Theodore Roosevelt routinely takes top five in most political experts’ lists of “Great American Presidents.” His wisdom lives on in many of his immortal words, none more important...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Relationship between public, media more important than ever

Matt Poe January 22, 2017

Donald Trump’s unlikely and unremarkable crusade to the White House demonstrated that all conventional rules of politics have been shattered, and the remaining shards of those rules have yet to be found....

Our View: Peaceful protests deliver most effective message

Editorial Staff January 22, 2017

As the Oval Office passed from Barack Obama to President Donald Trump this weekend, millions flocked to Washington, D.C. to participate in the accompanying festivities. While many visited to celebrate...