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A look into where DACA stands now through the eyes of those who work closely with the immigrant community. In 2012 the Obama administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program through an executive order. Almost a decade later, the program has seen much turbulence as it passed through three distinct presidential administrations inContinue reading “The State of DACA (Updated)”

In this podcast, Wayne State seniors Omar Abdel-Baqui and Cameron Sanders review the informative novel, “Ctrl + Z The Right to Be Forgotten” by Meg Leta Jones, Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology Department at Georgetown University. The novel explores the “right to be forgotten”, or the moral and ethical concerns regarding an individual’s autonomy inContinue reading “Ctrl+Z : The Right to Be Forgotten Book Review (Podcast)”

On June 15, 2012 President Barack Obama implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This act would provide more than a half-million children of undocumented immigrants a pathway to United States citizenship. However, with United States experiencing drastic changes presidential administrations over the last decade the program’s status has often been up inContinue reading “A Timeline of DACA Milestones”

Cameroon is currently in the midst of a civil war. The Anglophone Crisis is also known as the Ambazonia War or the Cameroonian Civil War began in September of 2017 and is continuing as of 2021. The war is between the centralized Cameroonian government and the separatist of the Anglophone territories which is made upContinue reading “The Anglophone Crisis: what is it and why is no one talking about it?”

For many remaining active in the middle of a semester full of online classes and social distancing has become quite the struggle. To help with this, Wayne State University senior Miles Rueben has given people the chance to remain active with him in the form of dance. Rueben said he began to teach the classesContinue reading “WSU student hosts free hip-hop dance classes over Instagram”

Dr. Myra Washington, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Equity & Diversity at the University of Utah, guest lectured on the afternoon of Jan. 27 as a part of the annual Bernard L. Brock Memorial Lecture Series. The lecture entitled “Auntie Kamala: On Being Too Much and Not Enough,” explored the competing narratives of race thatContinue reading “Annual Brock Memorial Lecture focuses on Kamala Harris’ Journey”

When it was first announced that we were going to be under quarantine do to the COVID-19 outbreak, my family and I were quite confused. We were all aware of the outbreak but the announcement of being quarantined seemed very sudden and a bit jarring. We found ourselves asking many questions including how long itContinue reading “A Family Under Quarantine”

Recently, a group of lecturers gathered in front of Wayne State President M. Roy Wilson’s on campus residence protesting and asking him to either make changes or to submit his resignation. According to one of protesters, the group was specifically asking president Wilson to promote the hiring and retention of black professors. This public displayContinue reading “WSU Lecturers Protesting”

Recently the National Press Photographers Association hosted a virtual town hall on Zoom discussing ­the various plans, protocols, and actions being taken in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The town hall was conducted by NPPA President Andrew Stanfill and boasted panelist from various backgrounds including directors, journalists, and health professionals. A general theme discussedContinue reading “NPPA Town Hall”

Your camera is one of many important tools you use as a journalist, and its importance has grown in the current age of digital media. A journalist is now pretty much expected to be literate in multiple modalities of journalism, including that of grasping skills of photojournalism. Prior to this class my knowledge about myContinue reading “Understanding the Camera”