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OUR VIEW: Sparking coverage of the Amazon fires

Editorial Board August 25, 2019

The first time we read about the Amazon rainforest fires last week, it was not through platforms we expected like CNN, CBS or the New York Times. We read most of the information on Twitter and Facebook....

Courtesy of U.S Energy Information Administration.

Students discuss Kent’s low gas prices

Alex Johnson January 21, 2019

Kent State students and local residents have enjoyed favorably low gasoline prices since the beginning of the year. As of January, prices at local gas stations appear to be staying around the $2.00 range.Students...

Mark Mistur, the dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, poses for a photo in a meeting room in the architecture building on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

Kent State’s CAED dean named one of top 25 architecture educators in US

Alexandra Sobczak October 13, 2018

By 8 a.m., architecture students have seen Dean Mark Mistur well into his first cup of coffee for the day. While working on their projects late into the night, students have seen Mistur leave his office...

Uncle Mo stands in a kitchen after catering while wearing his “Kent Natural Foods” shirt in 1979.

Peace, Love and Pea Pies

Taylor Patterson June 25, 2018

Long-time Kent resident Maurice Drake’s native tongue is food. He speaks through a sizzling skillet. His voice, like crackling bread, has been familiar in the community since he moved to Kent in 1971.Better...

Debby Thrasher Smith, 66, steps into her Ravenna home on Sunday. Her son, Joe, died here Oct. 29, 2014, of a heroin overdose — his third. He battled with substance abuse in the several years before his death.

A mother reveals what it’s like to live with a son addicted to heroin

Valerie Royzman April 30, 2018

I’m standing on Debby Thrasher Smith’s front porch in Ravenna, tightening my trench coat around my waist. The four wind chimes behind me are knocking delicately against each other, and their tinkling...

Nuclear negotiations with North Korea — Good or bad?

Josh Budd March 21, 2018

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has agreed to meet with President Trump to discuss a potential deescalation of nuclear armament between the two countries. The fact that the “hermit kingdom”...

Bruno Beidacki.

Where’s the investment in college education?

Bruno Beidacki March 18, 2018

There once was a presidential candidate who advocated for offering free higher education in the U.S. Not only was his run not successful, but Bernie Sanders was also heavily criticized for raising an argument...

Where is the justice for people of color killed by cops?

Joseph Langan February 28, 2018

In the wake of the school shooting that left 17 people, many of them teenagers, dead — the latest episode in the tightly-scheduled programming of American mass murders — gun control proposals permeate...

What do our exports say about the U.S.?

Joseph Langan February 14, 2018

Despite the U.S.’s official stance in support of nuclear disarmament and democracy, we have a long and documented history of proliferation and provocation.In president Donald Trump’s first address...

#Trumpgret expands, but not for all

Addie Gall February 3, 2018

#Trumpgret, a hashtag Donald Trump voters have used to express their unhappiness and disappointment via social media, has ballooned in popularity since Trump came into office.Trump has been president for...

Drew Taylor

Did you know we’re at war in Yemen?

Drew Taylor November 26, 2017

Are you aware the United States is currently fighting a war in Yemen?I’m going to guess the majority of readers do not. To be completely honest, neither did I until recently. But, once again, America...

Opinion: Practicing civil discourse since Congress can’t

River Kale October 18, 2017

College Republicans: Lack of Iranian cooperation justifies Trump's concernsOne of the major hot button topics circling mainstream media last week is President Donald Trump’s views on the Iranian deal....