OPINION
On Charlie Gard, “the Death Party” and healthcare
By Jacob Weiss | July 28, 2017It is still possible to shed human tears after all.
It is still possible to shed human tears after all.
Instead of seeking bipartisan solutions to increase voter participation in our country, President Donald Trump authorized the creation of a commission comprised of known vote suppressors to substantiate his unfounded claims of voter fraud.
Justice is the search for truth, the search for equity with knowledge gained from prosecutors, defendants, society and history, but that search involves the lived experiences of women and men upended by systemic injustices, like fixed bail systems and mandatory minimum sentences, that have sent countless people of color to mass incarceration.
Philando Castile’s death was a painful reminder that our justice system reserves justice for some and not all.
This is perhaps the most childish moment in American political history.
Otto Warmbier, the young University of Virginia student held captive by the North Korean regime for the past 17 months, was pronounced dead a few weeks ago.
Cutting sick people who need it most from their access to medical care is like amputating an arm for a systemic infection.
We are a family with roots over 100 years old.
At the end of the day, your Duke narrative is what you make of it.
“College will be the best four years of your life.”
The notion that paying college revenue-sport athletes would make the games less entertaining or ruin the college experience does not logically make sense.
Teaching in North Carolina is a unique kind of experience.
Maybe I just spend a lot of time around non talkative people, but asides from these tidbits, none of the other stuff seems to matters.
He could walk into a room visibly dejected after a tough test or a hockey loss, and, as long as we got him to crack just a little bit of a smile, the mood of everybody else around him would improve.
Little things like that would just make you smile.
Michael Doherty was someone who had the ability to light up any room merely with his presence.
The Duke community suffered a tragic loss when rising junior Michael Doherty's body was found Saturday afternoon.
I will spend my life learning how to be a better activist, and by no means have I found the best way to be one.
Well, if you overlook the historic and systemic destabilization of African-American communities in our country pre and post Reconstruction, then by those terms, and by a very warped sense of reality, HBCUs are “unconstitutional."
As Vice President for Student Affairs, I’m proud to work with many people who serve students in various ways. Our work covers health care needs, support for student programming, and response to a broad array of incidents and crisis.