OPINION: ‘The virus out of Africa has arrived.’ Do Black African lives actually matter?

The global response to South Africa’s handling of the Omicron variant is the latest in a history of racist, anti-African narratives, according to Ivy Mbayah (MSc ‘23).

OpinionIvy MbayahDecember 15, 2021 Comments

OPINION: Which side are you on? SIPA’s shameful strikebreaking shows unsurprising lack of spine

Steven Lazickas (MPA ‘21) on the SIPA administration’s latest response to the worker’s strike.

OpinionSteven LazickasDecember 7, 2021Comment

OPINION: Bye Merit! Three Recommendations for SIPA’s Next Dean

Dean Janow is stepping down soon. Chris Tingley (MPA ‘22) offers recommendations for the next permanent dean.

OpinionChris TingleyDecember 1, 2021Comment

OPINION: Make SIPA STEM for all

Pedro Vormittag (MIA ‘22), a candidate for Dual-Degree Representative at SIPASA, writes an open letter to SIPA’s new Dean and to SIPASA’s new Board advocating for expanding SIPA’s list of STEM-designated programs.

OpinionPedro VormittagNovember 12, 2021Comment

OPINION: Policies alone won’t fix our problems with social media. Public interest campaigns must be part of the solution.

If the comparison between Big Tech and Big Tobacco is prescient, then regulation and legislation will only go so far in curbing the harms caused by social media, says Zachey Kliger (MPA ‘22).

OpinionZachey KligerNovember 3, 2021social media, TechnologyComment

No justification for Israel’s war crimes, ethnic cleansing, occupation, and apartheid

Tariq K.S. (MIA ‘22) responds to “Solidarity with Worldwide Jewry.”