Opinion

Cartoon by Nakiyah Jordan. “Our first woman Vice President is Black and South Asian.” My thoughts on America and its highest offices are evolving. I am met with much internal conflict, but I can’t stop thinking about that first sentence. I was in fourth grade when...

In an op-ed from The Detroit Free Press entitled “Election will be meaningless if we don’t change our ways,” author Mitch Albom commented on the election, and it inspired me to think critically of candidates’ messaging in this election. This election has brought out the absolute worst in people supporting...

The best way to tell my election story is backwards. A sunlit window opens in my world, and they call Pennsylvania. I stand in line on Tuesday morning and cast my vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I tune into the campaign coverage just to see Biden reading letters...

Cartoon by Nakiyah Jordan To do list: Buy tissue Paint Remember to eat lunch Take antidepressants

Powerless. That’s how I normally feel on a Monday morning, but with Election Day approaching quickly, I woke up especially lost.  Hoping to follow my civic responsibilities, I requested my absentee ballot in August and submitted it nearly a month before Election Day. 10 days after I mailed my ballot,...

Cartoon by Nakiyah Jordan.

There is no doubt that the beginning of this new decade has been a rough one — from the Australian bushfires, the deaths of Kobe Bryant and Chadwick Boseman, murder hornets, police brutality the election and the most prominent issue, COVID-19. The emergence of COVID-19 has caused us to completely...

Last week, people fetching their copy of The Daily Mississippian were greeted on page 10 by the following headline: “Life is the most important issue on the ballot.” We couldn’t agree more. The lives of people at the border, the lives of people with pre-existing conditions, the lives of more...

As we vote for representatives to legislate policy, there are issues on the ballot this year for Mississippians. Among them are healthcare, social programs, policing powers and race relations. However, the preeminent concern of the election on Nov. 3 is life. This year, Mississippi made monumental strides in protecting life...

I just turned 18 this year, and I’m tired of people using the phrase “thoughts and prayers” in response to tragedy like that’s going to do anything. Prayers will not fix our justice system and guarantee equal rights for every American. I’m voting because real change happens through voting, and...