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Of silence, stigma, and a senator
Speaking about personal struggles takes courage, and enduring them demands resilience. Choosing to be open reflects strength, not weakness—though some still mistake vulnerability for fragility rather than recognizing it as bravery.
Two Years Early, Years Late
There is great irony to be found in Sara's act of denouncing Marcos Jr.’s disloyalty to campaign promises while turning a blind eye to the corruption she helped propagate.
Conditional Nationalism
When being right comes before empathy, we lose what makes us human. Dismissing grief as political is both cruel and un-Filipino.
Enrile was always just a mortal man
To mourn Enrile as a “brilliant statesman” or “key legislator” is to erase the memory of those whose lives were consumed by his policies. The measure of a life in public office cannot be its duration or its rhetorical eloquence, but its fidelity to the people it claimed to serve.
The nation is burning and the youth is ablaze
After all, a nation in flames produces a people that dares to play with fire.
Maraming nasa kalsada pero napaninindigan ba natin lahat ang laban?
Ang tunay na bigat ng pagiging iskolar ng bayan ay nasa kung paano natin ipinagtatanggol ang mismong sambayanang nagpaaral sa atin.
The erosion of choice
If we want a council that truly represents the student body, we must first respect the many ways it chooses to speak
Against the machine
This is not the election we deserve—but it's the one we have
The UP Fair is facing a major existential crisis. Who do we blame?
Its cultural reorientation away from commercial and capital interests has never been this urgent
Countercheck on power
Let the truth be our collective countercheck to vicious power