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Leave no one behind: America needs Medicare for All

Jan 8, 2025 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

78 countries have universal healthcare. These nations prioritize all-encompassing health service, from medical to dental, from rehabilitative to palliative care. Crucially, this type of system ensures that costs for such services don’t cause a financial burden. In 2023, the United States’ health care system left 8% of Americans uninsured; in the same year, medical expenses put over seven million people in poverty. Americans deserve better: They deserve universal health care.
The US military’s youth recruitment tactics: Video games want YOU

Jan 7, 2025 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros |Lin Yang

If you were a lower-to-middle-class teenager in the 2000s and 2010s, chances are you’ve endured several recruitment attempts by the U.S. Army. Whether at county fairs, trips to the mall or even during your school hours, it seems like there was no other job more endorsed than enlistment. The gamers among us may also remember the first-person shooter series America’s Army, known for its well-developed mechanics, interesting storylines — and for being bankrolled by the United States military.
‘Trans panic’ in women’s sports is completely astroturfed

Nov 13, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

Last spring, many female collegiate athletes sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association because of the organization’s transgender eligibility guidelines. The goal of the lawsuit is to stop the NCAA from enforcing their policy on transgender athletes and effectively ban them from competing. One of the leaders of the movement to ban transgender women from sports and a plaintiff in the lawsuit is Riley Gaines.
No more uncontested primaries

Oct 17, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

On Feb. 27, I walked into my designated polling location to vote in the Michigan presidential primary. On the Democratic ballot that I had requested, there were only two options: President Joe Biden and “uncommitted.” I did not want to vote for Biden, but I had no other candidate to vote for. I cast my “uncommitted” vote to signify, in part, that I needed another option or I would simply stay home in November.
Third parties deserve a space in the Electoral College

Oct 1, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

At its inception, the Electoral College was intended to prevent large states from unilaterally deciding the next president. The Founding Fathers were fearful of the development of political parties, creating the college to introduce a level of state-by-state equity in national elections. This system made sense 250 years ago, but the country has changed since then. Today, it’s merely a source of national factionalism. The United States has a diverse population with different political views.
President Ono misled students about the encampment

Jul 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Gabe Efros

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President Ono misled students about the encampment

Jul 25, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

On May 21, the University of Michigan administration removed the Gaza solidarity encampment from the Diag, citing fire safety concerns. Speaking at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum, University President Santa Ono revealed that he intended to remove the encampment long before the semester ended, but refrained from doing so after consulting with Facts on the Ground and University of Michigan Hillel, two prominent pro-Israel groups on campus.
Cutting LSA’s budget is a bad idea

Jul 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Gabe Efros

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Cutting LSA’s budget is a bad idea

Jul 1, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

It , more and more, like the value of a college degree, and the perception of that degree, is not what it once was. Universities across the country prioritize profits over education, but such actions are especially damning when they happen here. Even so, there is an ongoing discussion surrounding a proposed $20 million LSA budget cut, which would limit graduate student instructor positions and the number of class sections.
Embrace the enormity of the University of Michigan

Jul 1, 2024 | michigandaily.com | Gabe Efros

Before coming to the University of Michigan, I constantly heard the phrase “it’s a big campus, but you can make it smaller.” The phrase is supposed to assuage incoming students’ fears that a campus with undergraduate students is too big for a student to figure out their place in it. After spending eight months and two semesters in Ann Arbor, I can say that campus feels impossibly big and small at the same time. However, this size has allowed me to find my niche.