Election season is upon us, and The Hilltop Monitor is going to have a series of articles previewing local elections for this year and next…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Kavanaugh, innocent until proven guilty?
Nobody should be considered guilty until proven innocent in the United States. However, this is exactly what occurred during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process. Kavanaugh…
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Troostapalooza addresses Kansas City’s internal economic and racial divisions
Saturday, Sept. 22, vendors selling homemade soap, original clothing items and baked goods lined the street as residents sped by on motorized scooters, danced to…
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Election preview: Congressional races in Missouri and Kansas
The 2018 midterm elections have nearly arrived, and The Hilltop Monitor is going to have a series of articles previewing elections in the local area.…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Elon Musk as a disconnected, misguided, manipulative villian
A modest father of two who works at the Tesla production factory in Fremont, Calif. does not earn a livable wage. While the living wage…
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Policy in question as Missouri ranks significantly worse than Kansas in study on bullying
A recent report released by WalletHub analyzed 47 states and the District of Columbia and ranked them to determine which had the largest problem with…
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Opinion: The government should keep its hands off my godd*mn internet
In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, Facebook and other social media platforms began publicizing the fact that the companies had found evidence of…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Elon Musk is a visionary of our time
Elon Musk, an eccentric billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, engineer, and visionary is a man worthy of great admiration. Musk is the founder of what are…
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Opinion: I now pronoun-ce me nonbinary
Among close friends, I’ve been going by they/them pronouns for about a year. I knew I wanted to keep it amongst the three of us…
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