by Mitch Randall | Nov 11, 2021 | Opinion
Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers was the first Indigenous person awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. This is the highest military honor for valor in the U.S., awarded to only 3,525 soldiers since its establishment in 1861. Childers was a...
by Mitch Randall | Nov 4, 2021 | Opinion
Does the first major election after the 2020 presidential election provide evidence that the country is moving to the right again? In Virginia, where President Joe Biden beat the former president by double digits, Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated incumbent Democrat...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 21, 2021 | Opinion
Applications for religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine requirements are on the rise. The request for a religious exemption is provided by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to NPR, the law “protects workers from discrimination on the basis of...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 15, 2021 | Opinion
Indigenous cultures and systems existed throughout North America prior to 1492. In his book, 1491, Charles C. Mann chronicles the nuances and complexities of Indigenous cultures and systems, which involved complex social and economic structures for governance,...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 14, 2021 | Opinion
I am a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation whose ancestors lived peacefully on the lands of present-day Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee for centuries. While most everyone knows me as Mitch Randall, my other name was given to me by a Comanche Chief: NUMUKUTSU, which...
