Saturday, April 20, 2024
Photo courtesy of Bureau of IIP, Flickr Hillary Clinton officially announced her candidacy for the 2016 presidential election on April 12. While this has been expected for a long time now, it was greeted with much applause by liberals and, more specifically, advocates for LGBT rights and feminists. It is no […]
Photo courtesy of US Department of State, Wikipedia Hillary Clinton launched a second presidential bid for the White House on Sunday in a video released online. Unlike eight years ago, she made no mention of her colorful resumé in Washington, or about being the nation’s first female president. In fact, Clinton […]
Photo by Nicole Williams Last December, I read "The Opposite of Loneliness" by Marina Keegan. As a college senior, the book was monumental. It found me at the perfect time. "The Opposite of Loneliness" is named after Keegan’s Yale commencement speech, given three years ago. In her speech, Keegan describes […]
Photo by Steve Fallon Since the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, the most deadly terrorist attack on United States soil since 9/11, which killed three and wounded 264, much anger and rage has been directed toward the surviving perpetrator of the crime, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — and justifiably so. Tamerlan […]
Photo Courtesy of Robert Couse, Flickr Creative Commons A growing food movement exists that urges people in developed countries to support sustainable eating by foregoing greasy cheeseburgers and eating fresh produce at local family farms instead, but how often do we look at the intersection of food, race and class […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia The 2016 United States presidential election is approaching and more potential candidates are announcing their campaign for the position. Currently, there are only three candidates likely to run for the Democratic nomination: Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley and Jim Webb, although none have officially declared their […]
Photo courtesy of AIGA While women are still fighting for equal pay and breaking out of sexist gender constructs, the right to be seen as human is not entirely in a woman’s possession. Men have male privilege and the right to live up to male stereotypes such as being loud, assertive, […]
Photo Courtesy of Novartis AG, Flickr Creative Commons Popular culture has yet again played up the vaccine debate through comedy, presenting the issue for discussion in the forums of public opinion on the Internet and television. Recently, Jimmy Kimmel did a segment on the topic. He discussed vaccinations and why […]
Photo courtesy of United States Senate Wikipedia Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) signed the Religious Freedom Restoration bill into law on March 26. The bill follows the lead of 19 other states and has been condemned by celebrities, businesses and politicians for its seemingly anti-gay rhetoric. The bill was intended to […]
Photo courtesy of Christopher Dilts, Flickr Creative Commons Last week, the United States Army charged Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was traded in a prisoner swap for five high-level Taliban commanders last year, with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The entire situation has turned out to be another black eye for […]
