04 May 2016
Posted by etcetera 
While most of the 10 candidates seeking to fill three seats on the Dallas County Community College District Board of Trustees appear genuine in their desire to improve the district, we’ve chosen to endorse Richard Morgan (District 2) and Monica Lira Bravo (District 4) for their administrative goals...
Read more → 15 Apr 2016
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In 2014, we praised President Barack Obama’s series of executive actions amending his 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, which allows undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country by their guardians to avoid deportation and find legal employment under strict criteria. The...
Read more → 02 Apr 2016
Posted by etcetera
Eastfield has made great strides in becoming a greener campus in the past few years. We’ve installed a wind turbine, introduced filling stations for water bottles and have an active Sustainability Team to help reduce waste around campus in addition to dozens of recycling bins. We have also...
Read more → 09 Mar 2016
Posted by etcetera
Donald Trump has stood center ring of the American media circus for decades, and his farcical bid for the 2016 presidential nomination has only left us searching for the hidden cameras. When he isn’t making vague threats disguised as vaguer promises to close the country to Muslims or force Mexico...
Read more → 29 Feb 2016
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The sudden passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who served as the conservative pillar of the Supreme Court for more than 30 years, has only widened the rift between the two sides of the American political spectrum. In a needless bid for power, the vocal right is up in arms about...
Read more → 12 Feb 2016
Posted by etcetera
A long-needed proposal for a six-month pilot program intended to reduce penalties for misdemeanors, including low-level marijuana possession, is finally making progress with the Dallas City Council almost 10 years after its introduction. The experimental “cite-and-release” program will allow...
Read more → 14 Dec 2015
Posted by etcetera 
We are neither proud nor surprised to note that the abhorrent terrorist attacks carried out against Parisian civilians on Nov. 13 and the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino have led to a resurgence in anti-Islam backlash. While we understand the fears of those who are calling for stricter immigration...
Read more → 17 Nov 2015
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With another election year coming around, many candidates are voicing their stances on everything from prisons to pistols in an effort to garner votes, but an alarming number of prospective voters are largely, if not entirely, basing their decisions in the polls on a presidential hopeful’s religious...
Read more → 12 Nov 2015
Posted by etcetera 
Police brutality and racism are ongoing problems in our society that must be addressed in a timely and sensitive manner, but violence against police officers does not solve those issues and instead perpetuates a hideous cycle. No excuse exists for the murder of law enforcement officers performing...
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