What a year 2020 has been. I am sure I can speak for everyone on the North Texas Daily editorial board in proclaiming that this semester is not exactly how we ever thought it would be. After the transition to all online operations in the middle of March of this year,
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The North Texas Daily is no stranger to talking about media literacy and understanding the information you’re consuming on social media. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing debate about the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election, now more than ever are we seeing the spread of two types of information:
Election Day may be less than two weeks away, but early voting has already started in Texas. With a raging pandemic, a U.S. Postal Service crisis and the possibility of foreign meddling, how can we make our vote count this election? Texas is one of 40 states plus the District
We at the North Texas Daily, for the sake of our struggling democracy, endorse former Vice President Joesph R. Biden for President of the United States. Donald Trump has proven in these four years that his personal gain is worth more than the welfare and prosperity of this country. Trump
After threatening the ban of the app TikTok in the U.S. over a month ago, President Donald Trump has finally reached a deal on principal allowing the sale of the app to U.S. tech company Oracle Corporation. While it’s wonderful that the drama over TikTok has finally settled, it’s very clear
As of the writing of this article, 200,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Since the onset of the pandemic and it’s first American casualty on Feb. 28, President Trump has sworn up and down to the public that COVID-19 isn’t as dangerous as it is. Disturbingly, but unsurprisingly– he lied.
Prevention starts at ideation, not the intent. This is the message many schools, UNT included, seem to forget when promoting suicide prevention on their campuses. World Suicide Prevention Day is Sept. 10 and it looks like UNT hasn’t gotten the memo given their lack of promotion on social media. For
In a 2018 study by the US Department of Education, the study showed that 16 percent, or 31.8 million Americans, did not have “sufficient comfort or competence with technology to use a computer.” In the ever-changing technical landscape we live in, it’s imperative that media literacy be a required course
With COVID-19 ravaging through Texas right now, UNT made the correct call in postponing commencement for students graduating at the end of the spring semester. In lieu of an actual commencement, however, UNT instead announced that there will be an online commencement, but honestly, what’s the point? A four-hour virtual
In Oregon’s biggest city, unmarked and unidentifiable “secret police” have been rounding up protesters into unmarked vehicles, to disappear into the night all at the behest of Donald Trump. It may not seem like it, but this is fascism at it’s finest. “Secret police” may be a bit of a
