The Gatepost Editorial: Looking the wrong way
If you’ve turned on the TV, gone on Twitter, or read the news in the last week, you most likely will have read the rollercoaster coverage surrounding Jussie Smollett. The details of the Jan. 29 […]
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The Gatepost Editorial: The wall is racist
Following a weeks-long grind, Congress unified on the evening of Feb. 14 to pass a robust federal spending bill – avoiding a second devastating government shutdown. President Donald Trump has agreed to sign the bill […]
The Gatepost Editorial: A comprehensive response to racism
Hate crimes around the country are on the rise, and the FSU campus is no exception. Racist graffiti was found in Horace Mann since the fall of 2017. Black women – the targets of the […]
Don’t play with people’s lives
The United States just shouldered through the longest government shutdown in history and another one is looming on the horizon. During the 35 days of the shutdown, 800,000 people were furloughed and many others lost […]
Climate change isn’t a hoax
Two fires raged through California in November, causing massive structural damage and resulting in 85 deaths with 11 people still missing as of print time, according to the Press Herald. The fires destroyed over 14,000 […]
Asylum seekers should be welcome here
On Nov. 25, a peaceful march of migrants at the U.S./Mexico border devolved into violence. American border patrol agents began firing cans of tear gas into a crowd of nearly 500 migrants, including young children, […]
Change our voting laws
The midterm elections were fraught with division, rampant misinformation, and blatant lies. Perhaps even more troubling, the elections highlighted a more insidious problem – widespread voter suppression. According to a Rolling Stone article, some 340,000 […]
Be the wave
While the midterm elections may not have turned the tides in your favor, bringing about the blue or red wave the Democrats and Republicans were promising, they represented something just as important – American citizens […]
Clash of the opinions: No on Question 3
[Editor’s Note: We at The Gatepost could not find any fact-based argument to support voting “No” on Question 3.]
Clash of the opinions: Yes on Question 3
On Nov. 6, the Massachusetts transgender anti-discrimination law is up for repeal. And for the most part, this is widely unsupported by Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the aisles. Gov. Charlie Baker signed this […]