Samantha Rigante
srigant1@binghamton.edu
15 Articles
Opinions
'Zombie laws' are dangerous to women's rights
The state of the judicial system and the federal courts in the United States today is, simply put, appalling. The notion of judicial review, which allows courts to determine the constitutionality of...
Opinions
Not voting in the 2024 election is selfish
In recent days, the reasons for protest votes — especially from the moderate and more progressive wings of the Democratic Party — have gotten increasingly louder and stronger, with many voters threatening...
Opinions
FAFSA needs to go
Perhaps the most irritating experience of the school year is having to fill out the FAFSA, the Department of Education’s “Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” that students must fill out if...
Columns
Hostages in Gaza need to be brought home now
On Thursday, Jan. 18, gatherers at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, held hundreds of orange balloons to commemorate the first birthday of the youngest hostage still being held in Gaza, Kfir...
Columns
Your Jewish friends are not okay
As I was preparing to go to sleep during the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, I received a stream of alerts from Israeli news sources, identifying a barrage of rockets...
Columns
Public funding of Oklahoma Catholic School is dangerous
Should religious schools be fully funded by government and taxpayer money? According to the state of Oklahoma, the answer to that question is yes. After months of heated debate, Oklahoma approved St....
Columns
Texas judge's attempt to ban abortion pill endangers women
On April 7, a federal judge from Texas issued an extremely controversial ruling claiming that the drug mifepristone, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over 20...
Columns
The Willow Project will exacerbate climate crisis
On Monday, March 13, President Joe Biden’s administration announced it would be signing onto an oil drilling program in Alaska known as the Willow Project. Completed by Texas-based oil company ConocoPhillips, the...
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Medical tourism is indicative of U.S. health care inadequacy
On Friday, March 3, four American citizens took an unexpectedly common journey to Mexico, one of them hoping to obtain a medical procedure across the border. Soon after driving through the Mexican...
Columns
Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed judicial reform threatens Israeli democracy
For weeks, Israeli citizens have been marching consistently across the country, protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government’s suggested changes to the judicial system. Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for corruption...