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The Courier

The increased burning and deforestation of the Amazon represents a global problem. With the rise of populist rhetoric hindering diplomatic solutions, could the flames represent a new reality to a changing international order? (graphic by: Jessica Tapia)

Why is the Amazon rainforest really burning?

(Did populism strike the match?)
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
September 6, 2019
College of DuPage Interim President Brian Caputo - We will have to keep re-evaluating tuition, but we will always be prepared to fund our student-workers.

How will Illinois’ raised minimum wage affect student-aged workers?

COD President Brian Caputo on the future for student-workers
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
May 2, 2019
A federal investigation uncovered how wealthy parents have bribed their children’s way into prestigious and highly-selective schools, like Georgetown University (pictured). Their illegal practices bring to light the numerous legal maneuverings the wealthy use to ensure back-door entrance into elite institutions, disadvantaging deserving, less-affluent student applicants

Should the college admissions scandal make me angry?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
March 22, 2019
Former astronaut Mark Kelly speaks at the College of DuPage, bringing audience members on a voyage, explaining how the lessons he’s learned throughout his life have shaped the leader he has become

Astronaut Mark Kelly: The making of an American Senator?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 20, 2019
CLASSIFIEDS: A lonely Democrat longing to give my love to the presidential candidate who can steal my heart.... (pictured: Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris)

LONELY HEARTS: Democrat desperately seeking love

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 16, 2019
In 2017, millions protested against President Nicolas Maduro dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly congress to create a puppet congress, the Constituent Assembly. The opposition to his increasingly authoritarian actions signaled support in Hugo Chavez’s 1999 Bolivarian socialist revolution was finally waning

Is American intervention in Venezuela justified?

How to succeed in democracy without really trying
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 7, 2019
Dangling for all to see, the Wall Street Bulls testicles roar out, Damn right my boys can swim. Our capitalistic men thrive on aggression, strength and brutal force. Has competition and the masculine ideal corrupted what it means to be a man?

Challenging the dangers of toxic masculinity

(Damn right my boys can swim!)
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
January 30, 2019
The argument goes, those who commit acts of violence should pay for their crimes. However, almost all people on death row are poor. A significant number are mentally disabled. And about 40% of death row inmates are African American

Is there a right end of the noose?

American injustice in the death penalty
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
January 24, 2019
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