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Editorial: Schools are in the right when protecting their protesting students

On Jan. 30, students all over the country took part in walkouts in protest over the increased power and encroachment over individual rights by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In even the red heart of Texas, there were protests held to defy the chaos committed against people whose skin is brown, who spoke Spanish, or voted blue.  There was a protest in solidarity in our very city of Corpus Christi. And where there is the people’s voice to be heard, there is a senior citizen of power to yell that the sound is an affront to his ears. Texas Gov.…

Reversing the roles in contraception

When observing birth control inequalities, the spotlight shines on the difficulties that child-bearing people go through to prevent pregnancy while ignoring a big problem assigned males face. Most birth control is meant to be taken by the child-bearing person and contains hormones that may lead to side effects such as weight gain, acne and mood swings. The imbalance of what assigned females go through versus males regarding birth control gets its much deserved outrage regularly. The lack of options for male birth control continues to be overlooked.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2022, there are…