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Taylor Swift: Pop star or PSYOP? | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang February 5, 2024
She says that “karma is [her] boyfriend,” but it seems highly unlikely that the political sphere will realize just how much karma may come out of picking a fight against Taylor Swift.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Our democracy is flawed

Luca Becker February 12, 2021
Our ideological democratic government should not have a platform for baseless conspiracy theories, loony lies and outdated racist ideology. Certainly, influential representatives and even the U.S. President should not be enabling those voices or uplifting those platforms.
OP-ED: American democracy isn't on the brink of collapse — it doesn't exist

OP-ED: American democracy isn’t on the brink of collapse — it doesn’t exist

Editors January 16, 2021
While some may claim our society is a democracy, we in fact spend most of our time adhering to policies of unelected leaders.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Distrust in COVID-19 vaccine is understandable, but shouldn’t undermine public health

Editors December 3, 2020
The distrust and vaccine hesitancy among the general public speaks to how long it will take to return to any semblance of normalcy. If we want to see pre-pandemic life restored by the end of next year, we’ll need a unified, national effort to continue wearing masks, practice social distancing and get vaccinated as soon as we’re able.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: Enough with the conspiracy theories

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 29, 2020
If anyone caused the pandemic in the U.S., it’s the governments’ inability to take care of its own people. 
Social Science Weekly: Why the COVID-19 conspiracy theories shouldn’t surprise us

Social Science Weekly: Why the COVID-19 conspiracy theories shouldn’t surprise us

Jonah Franks April 2, 2020
The prevalence of paranormal beliefs in the American population tells us something about the psychological complexion of the United States electorate.

MARASCO: It must have been aliens

Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2013

I winced when I saw the comments the mother of the Tsarneav brothers made last week about the Boston Marathon bombings — how it was all fake and her sons were being framed because they’re Muslim....

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