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The Mill District mural by Emily Anne Buckingham and Joshua Bentley located at 300 N. Water St.

Kent Walking Tour highlights public art downtown

Brynne Mann Reporter March 19, 2021

The sky was full of dark gray clouds and raindrops sprinkled the sidewalk outside. Despite the weather, a young blonde woman stood between two buildings staring at a landscape painting of the same area. The...

The Student Multicultural Center brings a new initiative to student leaders of color on campus

Cassidy Gladieux Reporter February 22, 2021

For students of color on campus, finding mental health resources where someone could truly relate to the challenges they face every day as not only a student of color on campus, but in America, was difficult....

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order related to American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed an executive order aimed at boosting American manufacturing and strengthening the federal governments Buy American rules. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden expected to sign executive order to expand US refugee program

Priscilla Alvarez, CNN January 27, 2021

 (CNN) -- President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order that would set up his goal of admitting tens of thousands more refugees to the United States, according to two administration officials.Under...

OPINION: Stories untold: How refugees, immigrants are giving back

Shams Mustafa February 27, 2019

We’ve all heard about the “American dream.” But what is this “American dream?” Writer and historian James Truslow Adams explained it in his best-selling 1931 book “Epic of America” as “that...

Maddie Newingham

Opinion: It’s time to address the issue in Myanmar

Maddie Newingham September 24, 2017

With a chaotic United States and absurd news cycles, it is often hard to put ourselves in perspective on a global scale. While we have problems to fix at home, we must also pursue justice abroad.Let’s...

Niagara Foundation director explains the truth behind refugees camps

Itzzy Leon February 11, 2016

A Kent State graduate who works with Syrian refugees said the refugees camps are “like concentration camps.”“I’m sorry to put it that way but they are,” said Murat Gurer, executive director of...

Guest column: We shouldn’t slam the door to refugees

Alex Delaney-Gesing November 18, 2015

Since the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 26 Republican governors in the United States issued statements of their refusal to allow Syrian refugees to settle in their states. The reasoning? In the name...

Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd in Cleveland on Monday

FlashCast – November 17, 2015

Portia Booker, Kristen Anzuini, TV2 November 17, 2015

TV2's Portia Booker and Kristen Anzuini discuss presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' visit to Cleveland on Monday and the country's growing disapproval of Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. seeking asylumContact...