Articles by Elliott Ruvalcaba
Feb. 1, 2026
What does history say about The Triangle’s future?
The Centennial Ledger: 100 Years of Reporting the End of the World A century ago, in 1926, the Drexel we know now as a university…
Jan. 16, 2026
Death by Bureaucracy: The State-Sanctioned Execution of Renee Nicole Good
On a cold January morning in Minneapolis, American citizen Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, wife, poet, and neighbor, was gunned down by a United…
Jan. 16, 2026
“No Other Choice:” the horror of unemployment
“No Other Choice” – Park Chan-wook’s Symphony of Middle-Class Malice For over two decades, Park Chan-wook has been the architect of some of South Korea’s…
Oct. 31, 2025
“Chainsaw Man—The Movie” affirms animation
“Chainsaw Man—The Movie: Reze Arc” (2025), produced by Japanese anime Studio MAPPA, exploded into North American theaters last Thursday after several years of anticipation. The…
Oct. 31, 2025
“One Battle After Another’s” honest radicalism
Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, “One Battle After Another,” erupts into existence not as subtle social commentary but as political artillery. Anderson and Leonardo…
Oct. 17, 2025
Funding as leverage: Trump’s academic compact is a blueprint for control
It is called the Compact for Academic Excellence. It sounds benign, even aspirational, until you read the fine print. The Trump administration’s new compact is…
