by William C. Duncan | Jun 5, 2020
Riots and civic education: a way forward to a more just and merciful future Written by William C. Duncan Photographers at the Deseret News captured powerful photographs related to the recent rioting in Salt Lake City. On successive days, May 30 and May 31,...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 4, 2020
Young activists need knowledge, tools to create lasting change Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks Protests-turned-rioting in Utah and across the country prompt two important questions: Do young Americans know our nation’s history of social change? And are...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 4, 2020
Goodbye to ACT & SAT exams? COVID continues to propel change in higher ed Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks Interim meetings at the Utah State Legislature this week and last discussed budget cuts to both K-12 and higher education in Utah – a fallout...
by Derek Monson | Jun 3, 2020
Cycle of violence, fear and oppression can end with us Written by Derek Monson As a millennial, when I see young people joining angry protests that encourage violence from their participants, I’m reminded of a term coined during the Cold War : “useful idiot.”...
by Derek Monson | Jun 2, 2020
It is time again to ask: What kind of nation are we? Written by Derek Monson As violent protests and riots rage across America, the words of the late Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy echo in my mind. On an April night in 1968, Kennedy was referring to the...
by William C. Duncan | May 29, 2020
Who turns down $54 million? Written by William C. Duncan Just a few days after it began, a small-business-loan program from the federal government’s response to COVID-19 ran entirely out of money. It turns out that the loans were going not just to troubled...
