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Standing up to ICE, together

By the Smoke Signal Editorial Board Three gun shots. A car stopped. A woman dead. On January 7, 37-year-old US…

3 weeks ago

Staff Column: The lives I’ve lived

By Staff Writer Jessica Cao The digital clock on my nightstand reads 3 a.m., and there is salt on my…

3 weeks ago

Never again, again: why genocide awareness still fails

By Staff Writers Hamnah Akhtar, Amy Han & Erika Liu Bodies lie unburied in the streets. Families flee burning buildings,…

3 weeks ago

DOJ weaponizes antisemitism to attack free speech

 By Amber Halvorsen, Veer Mahajan, Ekasha Sikka & Warren Su Introduction Following the intensification of the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2023,…

3 weeks ago

Letter to the Editor: “Demonizing the hammer” by Senior Ian Yong

To the Editor: After reading the Smoke Signal’s article about Charlie Kirk’s legacy in “AI tools highlight the decline of…

4 weeks ago

COP30 and the world go up in flames

By Staff Writers Alex Duan, Amber Halvorsen, Michael Qin, Warren Su The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), an annual…

2 months ago

AI tools highlight the decline in empathy in digital culture

By Staff Writers Erika Liu, Veer Mahajan, Finn McCarthy & Leland Yu Introduction “RIP Kirk, your sacrifice meant something,” one…

2 months ago

Fake News is the Authoritarian’s Tool

By the Smoke Signal Editorial Board “Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” President Donald Trump said, poking his finger at a Bloomberg News…

2 months ago

Vikram’s Viewpoint: Appreciating What You Can, While You Can

By Opinion Editor Vikram Mahajan Over the summer, I returned to India for the first time in two years in…

2 months ago

Janet’s Journal: Starting again when you fall

By Opinion Editor Janet Guan For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to set goals. There’s proof of…

2 months ago