by Mitch Randall | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
As COVID-19 cases increase across the country, public and private schools are preparing to welcome students, teachers and staff back to campus. Unfortunately, they are returning to the classroom during a very perilous and unstable time. The choice to physically open...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 9, 2020 | Opinion
I’m not anyone’s mascot. As a citizen of the Muscogee Creek tribe, there are some factors I would like for readers to consider, especially those still arguing that naming sports teams after Native Americans is somehow not demeaning or dehumanizing. Before...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 1, 2020 | Opinion
Around the world, certain dialects have one word expressing two meanings: goodbye and hello. Salut! Ciao! Servus! Aloha! All of these words have a dual purpose in French, Italian, German and Hawaiian. As English speakers, we do not possess a single word communicating...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 18, 2020 | Opinion
Slavery didn’t officially end in Texas until June 19, 1865, when approximately 250,000 ex-slaves heard the news from Major Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army. The general cited General Orders, Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Democracy teetered on the brink of collapse on June 1. Responding to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police a week earlier, thousands of citizens marched demanding justice. They declared that Black Lives Matter and advocated for a...
