Diego Camacho
Gerardo Hernandez aims to uplift his community through politics and journalism
At nine years old, Gerardo Hernandez was introduced to the world of politics. Since then, driven by an unrelenting desire to help his community, Hernandez has doubled down on his political aspirations. As he begins his college journey at Humboldt State University this...
To meme and sell: The future of advertisement
Ads. At times, a light-hearted attempt to get you to buy, and sometimes bordering on propaganda itself, these darlings of capitalism are essential to how we sell and consume. As the advertisement industry has grown in importance, so has its reach to the average...
Opinion: Was the GameStop Stock squeeze the ultimate economic protest?
Wall Street is often mythicized, romanticized and glorified. To many it seemed inaccessible — a trade reserved only for the rich. With the advent of the internet and the creation of retail-trading platforms like Robinhood and Webull, the concept of stock trading...
Opinion: COVID is a chance to force economic change
Ask your average American how they're feeling and only 14% will tell you they are very happy, according to a poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. It only takes a few minutes on social media to see abundant self-deprecating and often plainly suicidal...
Opinion: American democracy should be supported after attack on Capitol
On January 6, I believe America reached an inflection point. For the first time since 1814, our capitol building was occupied by force. As the nation watched the interruption of the democratic process that has so far repeated every four years, one question became...
Opinion: China and Biden’s latest statement — how will the new Presidential Administration take a stance?
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman received a very clear response: "I'm not going to make any immediate moves, and the same applies to tariffs." The entity in question — China. A growing super-power and a direct competitor to the United States. Biden and China:...
Message to my next president: Democracy, the world and the United States
Dear future president, As we enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, a major crisis plays out on the world stage. The very system which America was built upon — the system that offers the greatest of political liberties to its citizens — is in jeopardy....