The Independent Newspaper at Wake Forest University Monday, September 13, 2021
According to the South Korean military, North Korea launched two short-ranged projectiles earlier this month. The launch occurred just hours after North Korea offered to reopen nuclear negotiations with the United States. This marks the eighth test of ballistic missiles or projectiles by the Kim regime since late July 2019. […]
9/11 is a flashbulb memory that is ingrained in the hearts and minds of all Americans. It is a date that Americans will forever hold in infamy. This is true regardless if you had witnessed it as it happened or within the lines of a history book. We all have […]
Despite still being over a year away, the 2020 presidential election is already being called “the most important [election]in living memory.” Wait! That quote was from an article in The Guardian back in 2004. As you can see, the media does not hesitate to hype up elections. Regardless, tensions are […]
Why Joe is in trouble. Going into the Democratic primaries the main concern of the candidates seemed to be one thing in particular: electability. Electability serving as a unifying goal of the party with one objective in mind: defeat President Trump. But in the race to represent the DNC, schisms […]
This past year the Wake Forest community has undergone significant controversy along racial lines. The modern university prides itself on serving as a bastion in our society for conversation, diversity, and an understanding of others. Which is why many of these events shook Wake Forest’s campus so greatly. Among the […]
On Monday, April 8th, President Donald J. Trump announced his decision to categorize the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “foreign terrorist organization”. The damning declaration was accompanied by the promised implementation of sanctions against the IRGC, as well as a general atmosphere of increased American pressure upon the organization. […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid mounting pressure and criticism from President Trump concerning the immigration crisis along the southern border. Nielsen is among several other security personnel who have recently been pushed out by the administration, which seemingly is moving in a more hard-line direction […]
President Trump has had the greatest week of his presidency, thus far. As we approach the contentious race for the presidency in 2020, President Trump has never looked stronger. His chances for re-election look increasingly brighter than they did a few months ago, or even weeks.
After nearly two years, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US Election and possible collusion with Donald Trump’s campaign. While the report is not yet public, U.S. Attorney General William Barr summarized Mueller’s findings in a four-page letter and found no evidence […]
Awaiting our arrival to Reynolda Campus from Spring Break was the college admissions bribery scandal that shook up every news media outlet, and most of upper-class America. Unearthed in the FBI operation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” Wake Forest University was named as one of the schools that was implicated in […]