Revealing the truth of Trump’s tax returns
October 25, 2020
This September, President Trump’s tax returns became publicized after years of keeping it private. After Trump kept his tax records a secret for almost 15 years, the New York Times announced that President Trump only paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, which is the year he took office. Ever since then, the...
President Trump‘s retweet on CDC’s COVID-19 death counts update causes confusion
Jiayu Zhan, Arts and Graphics Editor
September 27, 2020
On Aug. 29, President Donald Trump retweeted a post claiming that only the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) backtracked the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 to 6% of the original number, leading to a series of confusion and rumors. According to the tweet, only about 9,000 people were ki...
New environmental policies of the Trump administration fuel uncertainty for the future
Taylor Atienza, Features Editor
March 8, 2017
Mere hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, Jan. 20, the Trump administration ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to freeze all affairs and contracts (The Washington Post). An email detailing the new instructions was sent to the EPA’s Office of Acqui...
Educational authorities respond to Trump executive order
Brandon Shi, Opinions Editor
March 8, 2017
President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders to restrict immigration, provoking fear and uncertainty among Dougherty students and prompting a variety of reactions from educational authorities at school, district, county and state levels. Trump, who took office after h...
Planned parenthood, pussyhats and the patriarchy
Sasha Hassan, News Editor
March 8, 2017
In the largest day of protest in U.S. history, a sea of half a million heads punctuated by signs and pink cat-eared hats gathered in Washington, D.C. for the Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017 as millions of other gathered worldwide to protest a multitude of issues plaguing the nation. Although t...
