Saturday, July 5, 2025
Photo courtesy of the United States Senate, Wikipedia This past Saturday, many of us woke up to see our phone screens full of notifications from our news apps notifying us that the U.S. Senate passed a 479-page tax bill while we were all asleep. The issue here isn’t that they […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr President Donald Trump headed to Salt Lake City, Utah to address on the fate of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase, a total of three-million acres of federally-protected land that has been the cause of debate for years amongst politicians and locals. In his speech, […]
Photo courtesy of Starbucks, Twitter Starbucks has recently begun distributing its holiday cups at stores globally, continuing the tradition of specialized seasonal cups for the past 20 years. Taking great precautions with their design each year, Starbucks aims to create an inclusive product that can spread the holiday spirit for […]
Photo courtesy of Federal Communications Commission, Wikipedia On Nov. 21 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released plans to dismantle rules regarding net neutrality, which prohibits Internet Service Providers (ISP) from blocking, slowing down or charging more for the delivery of certain internet content of their choosing. It is feared that […]
Photo courtesy of Aaron Hawkins, Flickr Black Friday has just passed and that means the holiday season is on the horizon. For some stores, however, the holiday season started Nov. 1. Walmart and 5Below were trimming their trees before the turkey was out of the oven. Other companies also like to […]
Photo courtesy of Fortune Live Media, Flickr For the past few weeks, dozens of men and women have been coming forward and accusing many powerful male celebrities, politicians and business professionals of sexual assault. In this whirlwind of a news story, there is an unexpected aspect of social media that […]
Photo courtesy of Roy Moore, Twitter More and more eyes are trained on Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama who is now facing several allegations that he sexually assaulted minors decades ago. The allegations caught the public eye after the Washington Post published the story of […]
Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of State, Wikipedia New Jersey’s 2017 gubernatorial election saw record-low voter turnout as only 2 million out of New Jersey’s 6 million registered voters came out to the polls. The voter turnout, clocking in at 35.1 percent, is nearly five points lower than the state’s […]
Photo courtesy of Mike Liu, Wikipedia The image of hand-in-hand paper doll cutouts often seen online signifies the celebration of Universal Children’s Day, which takes place on Nov. 20. The image from the Child Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, suggests that […]
Photo courtesy of Shealah Craighead, Wikipedia Progressive political activist Tom Steyer is in the news recently, arguing that Fox News’ removal of his Trump impeachment ad was an attempt to silence dissenting viewpoints, while Fox maintains it was just representing its base viewers’ interests. The ad was removed shortly after […]
