Speaker highlights Buffalo’s connection to presidential history
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen most people think of Buffalo, they think of chicken wings, snow and the Bills. But for history buffs, several Presidents come to mind....
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Tariffs, special elections and breaking records: The current situation in Washington
Reading Time: 3 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor Washington has been busy these past two weeks with multiple events taking place, one being historical. Such happenings include two special elections in Florida to fill the vacant seats in the House of Representatives. Additionally, the record for the longest Senate speech was broken and......
President Trump signs orders dismantling eight departments
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has issued two executive orders that directed eight departments/ agencies to dismantle themselves, including the Department of Education (ED) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). On March 14, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Continuing the Reduction of......
A reflection of current-day America: Trump inaugurated on MLK Day
Reading Time: 4 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo via Pixabay.com On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 3706 into law. On July 29 of that year, Representative Katie Hall (D-IN) introduced that bill in order to recognize the third Monday in January “as a day of prayer......
Trump signs flurry of executive orders in his first week back in office
Reading Time: 4 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor Donald Trump isn’t wasting any time getting acclimated to the White House for his second term. President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025, in the rotunda of the United States Capitol due to the cold temperatures Washington, D.C. was facing. He is the second......
Becoming radicalized on book banning
Reading Time: 4 minutesMARIANA CRUZ Special to The Leader Growing up, a book I loved as a kid was Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are.” I thought the monsters were cool and I liked the overall message. The book has stuck with me from childhood to adulthood. I was in Reed Library......
New York State passes a bill requiring universities to provide free menstrual products
Reading Time: 2 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON News Editor Graphic by Isabella Rizzo | Art Director Something new will be coming to the bathrooms on the SUNY Fredonia campus. On Aug. 26, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring all public SUNY and CUNY universities to provide free menstrual products in campus restrooms and buildings.......
[OPINION] Falling deeper into political hell
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Editor in Chief It seems now more than ever, the United States is full of hate. More often than not, that hate is a result of differing political opinions. According to a Pew Research Center article by Drew Desilver, Democrats and Republicans are the furthest apart ideologically today......
[OPINION] The Race to 2024: Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
Reading Time: 2 minutesVivek Ramaswamy is now polling second in the Republican Presidential primary only behind Donald Trump, and his run has come as a surprise to many. Vivek is the only candidate running for the party nominee without having any prior experience in elective office. He also would be the 2nd person......
The ‘facts of the case’ for bail reform in New York State
Reading Time: 3 minutesMICHAEL WILLIAMS Staff Writer The American Democracy Project on campus held a forum with the assistant professor of criminal justice at SUNY Fredonia, Dr. Jessica Finkeldey, and Alexandra Harrington, associate professor of criminal justice at University at Buffalo and director of the Innocence Project in Buffalo. A central focal point......