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New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett acknowledges the press while being sworn in earlier this month. With Israels new leadership there is chance for improved stability in the region.

The U.S. should focus on the Palestinian Authority & Hamas, not Israel

Tanner Trafelet, Contributor June 30, 2021

As reported by the Associated Press June 22, 2021, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested yet another activist over his online criticism of the PA’s policies, and violent supression of political...

Protagonists Ed and Loraine Warren stare forebodingly at whatever horror awaits them in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

New Conjuring movie took a different route

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor June 30, 2021

Whenever you see “based on a true story” before a horror film, it all of a sudden becomes scarier to watch. The Conjuring universe is filled with true stories from Ed and Lorraine Warren’s life as...

Zeke Banks (Chris Rock), and his partner, William Schenk (Max Minghella) investigate one of the murders happening in Spiral: From the Book of Saw.

“Saw” franchise revived with “Spiral”

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor May 26, 2021

The “Saw” franchise is on its ninth film, and the plot is still going strong with new plot lines and twists around every corner. “Spiral: From the Book of Saw” finally had its long awaited theatrical...

The Oakland Posts Editor-in-Chief — Jeff Thomas.

Letter from the editor: Stepping out of the storm

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief May 26, 2021

I’ll start this off by saying how grateful I am to be here. It is of course a privilege to have a platform and to be heard. In a time when many of us find ourselves alone and feeling like we’re carrying...

Addressing child sex trafficking, pornography

Isaac Martin, Political Contributor November 29, 2016

In the time it takes you to read this, at least one U.S. child has been trafficked. It is estimated that, every year, more than 100,000 children are sold into the nightmare of prostitution and forced pornography....

Trump’s top cabinet picks

Ethan Fogle, Staff Intern November 29, 2016

On election night, the results weren’t what most polls predicted. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in key battleground states and even turned blue states red, according to the National Review. Soon...

To protest or not to protest: Anti-Trump rallies

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter November 15, 2016

Angered by the election of Donald Trump as president, people have marched across nearly every major U.S. city in protest. And, in my opinion, this isn’t the right cause. After one of the most turbulent...

Are we a country of racist, sexist, white supremacists?

Isaac Martin, Political Contributor November 15, 2016

The results are in, the votes have been tallied. Tears have been shed, protests have been launched. America, Donald J. Trump will be our next president. In the aftermath of the general election, the...

Academic left shelters students from diversity of thought

Alex Stevens, Political Contributor November 15, 2016

Last week, after the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Oakland University President George Hynd released a letter to students and faculty reminding us “that regardless of what is taking place...

Letter to the editor: Presidential search committee

Barry S. Winkler, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences at Oakland University November 1, 2016

Dear Editor: It was just about one year ago when I expressed in The Oakland Post and at a Board of Trustees meeting my strong disappointment about the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO)...

Pro-activity is needed to see a better future

Isaac Martin, Political Columnist November 1, 2016

Election Day is upon us. Less than 144 hours separate us from one of the most important days of the year. Yet, as I talk to many of my peers around campus, it seems that there is a sense of resignation...

The battle for last: Clinton, Trump and the American people

Isaac Martin, Political Columnist October 25, 2016

In 13 days, Americans will have a doozy of a choice at the polls. The presidential election of 2016 pits two caricatures against one another. Both candidates are historically unpopular and have historically...

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