Category: Opinions

  Karlyle Stephens Mesa Legend “Black lives matter” is the mantra meant for awakening forgetful or deliberately severed memory banks.  Take for instance actor Ben Affleck, who was exposed in … Read More

Sebastian Miguel Mesa Legend Hardship and loss are around us daily. People face heart ache, grief, hunger, bullying, discrimination, rejection, depression, homelessness, and it is rare that we go days … Read More

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend Election coverage in recent years has been disheartening to say the least, a spectacle of gaffes and pathetic candidates.  It doesn’t help matters that whoever gets … Read More

Adam Dangerfield Mesa Legend Imagine watching the news on TV and the top story is about US drone strikes on drug lords in Mexico that take out the top leaders … Read More

Authenticity in a sea of conformity What does it mean to be authentic? The word represents originality and uniqueness. Today, the term is used more for indentifying the difference between … Read More

Millennials: The moocher generation. We are stereotyped as being the degenerates who are late to move out of mom’s spare room and find a job.  Studies show that we do … Read More

Here’s what discrimination looks like.  In a scene from “Selma,” President Johnson warns Dr. King in 1965: “you march those people into rural Alabama and its going to be open … Read More

In the year 2015, 20 – 25 percent of Mesa residents claimed they had experienced discrimination and harassment during the last two years, according to a study by the Human … Read More

Our generation is going through many different changes, one of them being gender identity. I feel it is important for everyone to live their lives to the fullest and just … Read More

Becoming friends with fear We’ve all heard the advice of overcoming our fears and not letting them control you, and that if you do, you will be able to achieve … Read More