The Ithacan

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Peter Johanns, associate professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, posted his first TikTok “Tru-den Pen-ris” on Oct. 30, 2020.

In his memoir, “A Promised Land,” President Barack Obama had the potential to come to terms with the shortcomings of his administration, but instead he creates an idyllic image of himself.

What surprised me was how many voters actually voted for Trump. This time around, I mean, he broke records.

If we are to be more understanding of one another and grow as a country we must learn to listen and question ideas that challenge our own.

I learned that there are so many ways to be “active,” like simply taking the time to educate yourself on something you don’t yet understand or speaking up.

Omar shouldn’t have apologized for her remarks on AIPAC. And I’m glad to see her and Tlaib become the first two American politicians refusing to toe the pro-Israel line.  

We have all the tools we need to be a successful and functioning government, country and people; now we have to decide just how united we want our states to be.

“‘Hamilton’ is this huge phenomenon that extends beyond the average consumer of theater in New York, and it’s reaching kids.

The ideological gulf that continues to widen between Democrats and Republicans makes us more polarized than ever before.