The Cuomo brothers are overlapping politics and the media in a dangerous way.
Chris and Andrew Cuomo rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for their lighthearted, brotherly conversations on CNN that seemed to be a reprieve from the chaotic world. But behind the scenes, the Cuomo brothers were threatening the integrity of both politics and the media.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently came under fire for a slew of sexual harassment allegations from current and former female aides in April. These allegations include claims of both verbal and physical violations for decades. This scandal evoked unanimous criticism from republicans and democrats alike and almost ended Cuomo’s political career.
The platform’s viral algorithm is creating upward social mobility for millions.
TikTok, a video-sharing platform with 65.9 million American users in 2020, has swiftly established its large presence in the social media market two years after gaining popularity in 2019. The platform creates instant virality with an algorithm that quickly distributes videos to people with similar interests, and continues to do so by using specific data points like time watched or comment engagement.
This feedback loop allows users with almost no status on the platform to gain millions of followers from just one viral video. Young users have used the algorithm to bypass the traditional university-based, linear career route and instead…
We need to start with a plan.
America’s national debt — currently standing at about $26 trillion — is a figure that most, including myself, cannot fully comprehend. We look at such a high number and think: Is that legit? How could our country possibly owe $6 trillion more than our national GDP? There are obviously a long list of contributing factors here, and I wish I had the capacity to fully understand them. …
Trump has polarized the American people. We need someone to allow us to rebuild.
Trump’s inauguration — and the crazy election process in the months prior — has polarized America to arguably the worst extent in modern history. Both the republican and democratic sides of the American people are being deemed radical — with no moderate, middle ground — and it has hurt our progress as a nation in every realm of policy reform, economic development, and social change. Therefore, Trump’s replacement needs to be, well, basic. Joe Biden fits the bill.
The current democratic candidates in the lead are mainly radical in their viewpoints, edging on socialist ideologies. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren…
Memes have grown to a point in popularity where we have to ask the question: why?
Memes control internet culture, as popular meme pages on social media now draw tens of millions of followers. People around the world are reliant on that daily release of dopamine in their brains through a laugh at their favorite meme page, as if memes are the coffee of 2019. But memes are much more than just a simple element of humor regarding day-to-day affairs: they are a basis for political expression, societal angst, and brand advertising.
What could bring society to rely on a…
Videos can offer comparable educational effects and might be the only option for a generation with historically low attention spans.
Generation Z has lost the desire and ability to read large sums of written material. Due in large part to decreased focus times and a constant desire to revert to that highly addictive cellular device, modern day teenagers are significantly lacking in knowledge that previous generations drew from reading. According to the American Psychological Association, “less than 20 percent of U.S. teens report reading a book, magazine or newspaper daily for pleasure.” It is easy to say this clear deficiency is bound to, well, make our generation stupider down the line. Less reading=less real-world understanding, and social/political stability, right? …
The “water costs” argument is invalid.
We can all relate to those moments, as a parent or a child, when the amount of time spent in the shower appears “excessive.” The worst phrase to hear as a kid is “Billy, time to get out, you are wasting water” while in the middle of a washing routine, or as my parents would phrase it: “turn off the water! Unless you want to pay the bill!”
On the parental side of things, it is nearly impossible to sit there and listen as hundreds of dollars go down the drain, literally. …
They are often the first people you interact with in a new city, and have real economic impacts.
Uber and Lyft, but I will refer to both with “Uber,” have practically overtaken the transportation industry in the past 2–3 years, and most of us have witnessed it first-hand. Whether you are tired from business meetings all day and more than happy to pay for that $10 Uber trip, or simply unwilling to trust an old-fashioned taxi service, Uber is always there to take you from point A to point B. But the experience of driving with someone for 5–10 minutes you met on an app is more than just merely small-talk, it is a driving force(no pun untended)…
American control in Venezuela will only worsen both countries’ economic states and be politically counterintuitive.
It is no surprise that three of the world’s largest superpowers have interest in a country which is politically and economically unstable. Not only is Venezuela an opportunity for these countries to capture a large market in the long run for economic success, but is also simply a way to showcase one’s power on a global stage.
This is a phenomenon we have seen for centuries. When Africa began to emerge as a material asset in the late 1800s, European powers — most notably England, France, and Germany — competed against their counterparts to enrich their domestic economies. In the…
Its structure has often protected wrongdoings in a pursuit of moral righteousness.
The notion that belonging to a church and devoting oneself to religious values directly correlates with “being a better person” is drilled into our brains starting at a young age. The majority of young parents try their best to continue to attend church in the hopes of keeping some sort of traditional “order” or “value” to a family, something these parents were likely taught by their own parents a few decades before(I know this is a generalization, but this is the case for many Gen X parents). Yet, there is really no true trend that shows church affiliation leads to…
Will Romano
Opinion Editor at The Badger Herald (badgerherald.com). Student-writer focused on economics, media, politics and the environment | wromano5@verizon.net
