In October 2020, The Index endorsed Joe Biden for president, expressing a desire to see the nation healed and unified. Acknowledging the rightward lean of the Haverford student body, the staff wrote, “This is not a time to vote among party lines.”
With Donald Trump running once again and Vice President Kamala Harris heading the Democratic ticket, this race feels similar to that of 2020. But rather than trust one candidate to create unity, The Index endorses unity itself.
Rather than frame The Index as a publication for one pole and alienate our readers, we affirm the responsibility of the press to inform, educate, and provide space for debate–not to persuade, shame, or divide.
Buy into brotherhood beyond the rows of Sabol Field’s bleachers and Centennial Hall’s seats.
The next month will bring discourse to our classrooms and community spaces. It is our responsibility to ensure civility. It would be easy to concede Wilson Hall to the overwhelming forces of polarized America. But let us make our halls a sanctuary, a stronghold against the division that surrounds us.
Buy into brotherhood beyond the rows of Sabol Field’s bleachers and Centennial Hall’s seats. Seek out opportunities to prove that, with virtue and effort, polarization is null and void.
After all, unity is a choice.
