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Nadia Hernandez, Opinions Editor

Nadia is a freshman studying journalism, political science, and spanish at DePaul University. She is the Opinions Editor. She enjoys long walks on the beach, dogs, (some) cats, and music. Her astrological sun sign is a Pisces. Email her at opinion@depauliaonline.com

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., third from left, at a news conference to discuss an Asian-American hate crime bill, Monday, April 19, 2021, in New York. Schumer is pushing for passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

TEAACH Act will address comprehensive Asian American, Pacific Islander history in Illinois public schools

May 2, 2021
Protesters march near Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home in Logan Square to protest the fatal shooting by Chicago police of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, Friday, April 16, 2021. Video of last month's encounter was released Thursday and provoked an outpouring of grief and outrage. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

COLUMN: Societal dehumanization of people of color is deadly

April 25, 2021
Students walk around a mostly empty campus during the pandemic.

DePaul’s Honors Program offers BIPOC courses taught predominately by white professors, students oppose

April 25, 2021
Local organizers criticize Evanston’s reparations proposal

Local organizers criticize Evanston’s reparations proposal

April 18, 2021
Chicago Police Department 9th District station at 3120 S. Halsted St.

OPINION: Qualified immunity should no longer be given to U.S. law enforcement

April 11, 2021
People march during the second consecutive weekend of Stop Asian Hate protests, Saturday March 27, 2021, on Woodward Avenue in Detroit.

Anti-Asian ideologies allow Asian hate in Chicago to persist

April 4, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul Students Against Incarceration’s book club perseveres despite pandemic

March 17, 2021
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, people's homes have transformed to become both the office and the classroom.

COLUMN: I’ve outgrown my surroundings, but I can’t move

March 14, 2021
Actor Darell Britt-Gibson.

Black Student Union holds panel with “Judas and The Black Messiah” actor

March 14, 2021
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Revisiting the high school reading list

March 7, 2021
Students walk on the Quad, located on the Lincoln Park campus.

Esteban, other top admins discuss pandemic’s impact on DePaul community

March 3, 2021
Students walk on the Quad, located on the Lincoln Park campus.

Illinois higher education advocates push to double Pell grant funds

February 28, 2021
FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, students attend the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio. Colleges across the U.S. have begun cancelling and curtailing spring graduation events amid fears that the new coronavirus will not have subsided before the stretch of April and May when schools typically invite thousands of visitors to campus to honor graduating seniors.

DePaul won’t expense regalia for 2021 graduates, despite petition

February 19, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020 file photo, former candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally for then Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in Duluth, Ga. Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the global Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this year's nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Nomination of activists for Nobel Peace Prize highlights importance of their work

February 16, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after stepping off Air Force One at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s executive orders lay a foundation for racial equity

February 7, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed many people stuck at home to reacquaint themselves with casual reading.

COLUMN: Hobbies are essential in the pandemic

January 31, 2021
The DePaul chapter of Dissenters — a national campaign calling for the end of U.S. militarism — held its first event, “Militarism 101,” on Friday to inform members on how militarism relates to the cause of their organization.

DePaul chapter of Dissenters holds “Militarism 101’ workshop

January 31, 2021
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, located in the Loop.

No cash bail law goes into effect Jan 1, creating a more equitable justice system for Illinois residents

January 24, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Taking a new direction to speed release of coronavirus vaccines, President-elect Joe Biden's office said Friday he would end the current practice of holding back vaccine doses to guarantee that people who get their first shot can also get a required second inoculation three weeks later. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

DePaul endorses Covid-19 vaccine despite president’s claims it’s ‘not a priority’

January 22, 2021
The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

Spring quarter to remain remote, plans underway to return in-person for fall

January 22, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Following Capitol riot, DePaul’s Black Student Union call for better accommodations for Black students

January 18, 2021
COLUMN: Eurocentric beauty standards uphold white supremacy

COLUMN: Eurocentric beauty standards uphold white supremacy

January 11, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

University responds to Capitol breach, Welcome Week events postponed

January 6, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo, people get tested at the new saliva COVID-19 testing site at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday, Nov. 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP, File)

College students adapt holiday travel plans amid Covid-19

December 28, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, steps from his car as he arrives to board a plane at New Castle Airport, in New Castle, Del., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, en route to Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Misinformation regarding COVID, the election plagues social media

December 1, 2020
Días antes de las elecciones, el presidente Donald Trump declaró el 30 de octubre el Día Nacional de Recuerdo de los asesinados por 'ilegales'. Detener la inmigración ha sido un punto clave para la campaña de Trump. En la foto, los manifestantes de la Coalición de Inmigración de Nueva York se reúnen para pedir al presidente electo Joe Biden que dé prioridad a la reforma migratoria, el lunes 9 de noviembre de 2020 en Nueva York.

OPINIÓN: La administración Trump difamó a la comunidad inmigrante durante la semana del Día de Los Muertos

November 18, 2020
The Driehaus College of Business, located on DePaul's Loop Campus.

Driehaus professor claims lack of transparency regarding only Black department chair’s removal

November 15, 2020
In this February 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta.

DePaul to offer free flu vaccine clinic

November 12, 2020
Lincoln Park High School, located just blocks away from DePaul’s campus, is part of CPS. (Photo courtesy of Kseferovic | Wikimedia Commons)

CPS plans phased reopening for second quarter despite criticisms

November 8, 2020
The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul now offering mail-in Covid-19 home tests

November 4, 2020
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, uses a face mask meanwhile waiting to speak at a press conference outside of USPS Jamaica station in Queens, New York. Democratic National Convention | AP Photo

OPINION: Congresswomen of color deserve better

November 1, 2020
Los jóvenes votantes latinos podrían ser la clave de determinar quién ganará esta elección presidencial

Los jóvenes votantes latinos podrían ser la clave de determinar quién ganará esta elección presidencial

October 28, 2020
Pretty Little Lashes explores different styles of lashes that range from denser, fuller looks and light, natural ones.

New fake eyelash business thrives in spite of pandemic

October 25, 2020
People wait in a long line to cast ballots for the general election at an early voting location at the Renaissance Austin Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Gen Z voters to bring new perspective to upcoming election

October 18, 2020
Voter casts their ballot early at Cook County Administration Building.

150 voters: DePaul professors work to register community ahead of election

October 18, 2020
The writer and her grandmother.

COLUMN: My grandmother and I are voting for the first time. Meet us at the polls.

October 11, 2020
Assistant professor Bala Chaudhary, environmental science and studies at DePaul University's College of Science and Health. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

DePaul professor writes paper on building anti-racism in STEM

October 11, 2020
La supresión de los votantes latinx: “Exigimos que nuestro voto sea contado”

La supresión de los votantes latinx: “Exigimos que nuestro voto sea contado”

September 28, 2020
Protesters interact with members of the Chicago Police Department.

OPINION: Police are not qualified to handle mental health crises

September 27, 2020
Still of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy in

Why ‘Schitt’s Creek’ deserved its Emmys sweep

September 27, 2020
A women kneels in front of a makeshift memorial in honor of Breonna Taylor, at Jefferson Square Park, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury on Wednesday, Sept. 23 indicted one officer on counts of wanton endangerment for firing into a home next to Taylor's with people in it, while declining to charge police officers for the fatal shooting of Taylor. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

OPINION: We failed Breonna Taylor

September 25, 2020
The Bean, located in Millennium Park, closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Cultural institutions across Chicago see effects of the pandemic

September 20, 2020
The Sept. 8 Racism Teach In featured various presentations from faculty members via Zoom.

Professor hosts day of discussions surrounding racism for DePaul community

September 13, 2020
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