The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has changed our perception of food and our own eating habits.  During my brief months on campus as a first-year, I often scurried through the Livingston Dining Hall at the dinner rush.

PILLAI: Food for thought during quarantine

Our political system, our economic policies and our outdated institutions are broken, and they have been broken for a long time. The dysfunction in our country directly impacts the way that American citizens interact with democracy and interact with each other. It stifles the hope in the hearts of us all.

EDITORIAL: Supporting vaccine efforts is key to repairing American society

I think many of us, myself included, have the desire to escape from the trauma of last year. That said, there is some benefit in looking back for figuring out how to move forward. In other news, I got the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) back in December 2020. I had really underestimated the toll it would take on my body. I am still recovering from the ever-present fatigue even as I write this article.

BALLARO: Pandemic advice for 2021

I am writing this op-ed in the last few hours of the last full day of the 45th presidency of America. And I really loved writing that sentence. My roommate and I always bet on elections. This year I put $10 on then-candidate, now President Joseph R. Biden Jr. winning the election, and we both agreed that Nov. 3, 2020, was too inconclusive to make money out of anyone’s wallet.

SHEIKH: Calling for hope after insurrection

On Jan. 6, we all saw the pro-President Donald J. Trump mob storm the Capitol without any resistance from police officers. 

DWASARI: America's racial inequities stem from educational shortfalls

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Americans are preparing to experience a presidential inauguration unlike any other. With only a handful of important political figures surrounded by thousands of National Guard members, President-elect Joe Biden will be greeted by seven-foot-high fences reinforced by razor wire rings instead of cheering crowds. 

EDITORIAL: Biden administration must address American issues exposed by insurrection

This has been a wild, unprecedented semester. The editors of The Daily Targum, who have dealt with online education just like you, decided to input their thoughts on the experience in our last editorial for this fall.

EDITORIAL: The Daily Targum reflects on this semester like no other

We have already written editorials about a potential return to campus. As it stands, Rutgers plans to house more students this semester.

EDITORIAL: Keys to safely return on campus

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The pandemic has brought the worst in almost everything. The “worst” meaning that people were losing their jobs left and right, and schools were shutting down here and there — all of which was amid the completely and extremely chaotic 2020 presidential election. Yet, through this insanity of constant stay-at-home-orders and dangerous political protest (if you can even call the recent Capitol Hill insurrection a “protest”), pop culture has helped me to stay sane.

COMMENTARY: Pop culture provides needed distraction amid bleak times

We were heartened to read Akhil Dwasari’s plea in his column, "Americans cannot wait until January for stimulus bill," for the passage of a robust coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stimulus package now! We are advocates with Raise Your Voice to End Poverty (RESULTS), a non-partisan advocacy organization for the end of poverty, here in the U.S. and abroad.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stronger leadership required to pass stimulus

On Oct. 15th, more than 400 people attended an emergency School of Arts and Sciences faculty meeting. 

COMMENTARY: Holloway must step in, fight for part-time lecturers

In January 2018, I wrote an article titled "Diversity May be more Divisive than Unifying" in The Daily Targum. After new life experiences and upon seeing new evidence, I strongly began to question this thesis. 

COMMENTARY: Diversity promotes strength, open-mindedness

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Nearly every Muslim I know, young or old, had an application called Muslim Pro downloaded to their phones. 

ON THE FRONT LINES: Muslim Pro data sharing fearful reminder of tech's overreach

I do not need to tell you that the first 2020 presidential debate was a bonafide disaster full of personal insults, misinformation and headache-inducing behavior. 

ON THE FRONT LINES: Trump did not bring football back

It happened so quickly that it took the flooding of my Twitter timeline and frantic messages from my friends watching for me to realize it: Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for the 2020 election, said “Inshallah” in response to President Donald J. Trump during their heated quote-unquote debate last Tuesday. 

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PILLAI: Food for thought during quarantine

PILLAI: Food for thought during quarantine

EDITORIAL: Supporting vaccine efforts is key to repairing American society

EDITORIAL: Supporting vaccine efforts is key to repairing American society

BALLARO: Pandemic advice for 2021

BALLARO: Pandemic advice for 2021

PILLAI: Food for thought during quarantine

BALLARO: Pandemic advice for 2021

SHEIKH: Calling for hope after insurrection

DWASARI: America's racial inequities stem from educational shortfalls

EDITORIAL: Supporting vaccine efforts is key to repairing American society

EDITORIAL: Biden administration must address American issues exposed by insurrection

EDITORIAL: The Daily Targum reflects on this semester like no other

EDITORIAL: Keys to safely return on campus

COMMENTARY: Pop culture provides needed distraction amid bleak times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stronger leadership required to pass stimulus

COMMENTARY: Holloway must step in, fight for part-time lecturers

COMMENTARY: Diversity promotes strength, open-mindedness

ON THE FRONT LINES: Muslim Pro data sharing fearful reminder of tech's overreach

ON THE FRONT LINES: Trump did not bring football back

ON THE FRONT LINES: American Muslims, do not get excited over Biden saying ‘Inshallah’

ON THE FRONT LINES: Our pandemic summer, uncertain future