Editorial / Opinion
Editorial: Introducing 'La Verdad' - Student journalism will never cease, desist
With so many threats to freedom of speech and the press, professional journalists should unify now more than ever, and, in that unity, support and mentor student journalists while they are acquiring reporting skills. magine the disbelief that swept The Poly Post newsroom when we received a cease-and-desist letter regarding our name for our Spanish-language section, La Voz de Pomona, that focuses on Latinx coverage at Cal Poly Pomona and surrounding communities.
Can we just agree to disagree? Friendship is greater than politics
I grew up with my mother telling me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all,” a phrase that seems basic in nature but has come to represent politics in a way that it wasn’t meant to. Politics are currently a sensitive but also extremely passionate subject for many people. People can talk about politics for hours with friends and family who have aligning beliefs. But for those with differing views, the environment has become dangerously charged and tense in such a way that often threatens relationships.