Nathan Sommer

nsommer1@binghamton.edu

16 Articles


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The left should increase pressure for medical and utility debt relief

After months of talk about student loan forgiveness floating around the West Wing, millions of current and former college attendees had their nervous anticipation come to a close on Aug. 24 when...


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Hardcore punk hates capitalism

In the late 1970s, a new offshoot of the punk rock movement emerged, eventually deemed “hardcore.” Two acts have been credited with catalyzing the movement: Middle Class, a punk rock band formed...


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The war in Tigray deserves media attention

Far too often, those who cover global affairs in the West view the world as Western nations and those they have relationships with. If there is not an agenda to push, such...


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Reggae music can offer path to revolution

Music has the ability to galvanize people into action in a way few mediums can. Jazz music gave a voice to Black Americans bearing the brunt of American social problems in the...


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Electing Jose Antonio Kast would cost Chilean democracy

Chile had its first round of its elections on Nov. 21. With no candidate reaching the 50 percent threshold needed to win, the two leading candidates, Gabriel Boric and José Antonio Kast,...


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Biden was right to withdraw from Afghanistan

The United States’ withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was the greatest move by an American president in my lifetime. Joe Biden, who voted for the war in Iraq and who has been...