Sunday, July 6, 2025
Photos courtesy of Anete Lusina, Pexels. Growing up, my mom worked two jobs. She worked a regular nine-to-five job as a secretary and as a bartender every other weekend. My Grandma, who we lived with, always told me to admire my mother for how hard she worked. My dad also […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr. In the wake of the latest Florida news and its “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Texas has decided to continue the assault on the LGBTQ+ community. Last Tuesday Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas’ child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender transitioning procedures as “child abuse.” […]
Photo courtesy of Charlotte May, Pexels. The slow return to normalcy is seen at Ramapo College in the form of reduced COVID-19 restrictions. However, the policy requiring students to wear masks indoors at all times — unless they have a medical exemption or are actively eating or drinking — remains. Since […]
Photo courtesy of LSU Athletics. It’s 2022, who would have thought that prejudice and double standards could still be alive and prevalent in the Olympics? Recent drug scandals in the Olympic stratosphere have left people questioning the standards set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Sha’Carri Richardson is an […]
Photo courtesy of Fry1989, Wikipedia. The controversial EARN IT Act is back from a two year hiatus, reintroduced at the end of last month by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The bill is focused on taking, as stated in the bill, “child sexual abuse material” off the web […]
Photo courtesy of News Features, Wikipedia. Eminem took a knee following his performance of “Lose Yourself” during the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 13. He had been performing alongside fellow hip-hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. The kneel has since […]
Photo courtesy of Karolina Grabowska, Pexels. On Feb. 15, Reuters reported the first successful case of a woman being cured from HIV, which makes history as she is only the third person reported total. All three people were treated simultaneously to cure their cancer diagnoses. The newest patient healed is a […]
Photo courtesy of Donnie Ray Jones, Flickr. Whenever I’m on TikTok, I watch content from some of my favorite TikTok moms. I check in on Lena and her jokes, I see if Franklin has started to talk yet and I watch Maia make “babas” for her babies nicknamed “Scotch” and […]
Photo courtesy of MCanzi, Flickr. The unconstrained nature of the internet means that there is space for every kind of community imaginable on social media. From communities that share racial backgrounds to communities united by having the same career, the list is just as endless as that digital space. It also […]
Photo courtesy of Karolina Grabowska, Pexels. New York and New Jersey were ravaged by coronavirus and were among the states that set more stringent restrictions regarding masks and social distancing. They haven’t wavered in their strict policies during the course of the pandemic, until now. COVID-19 appears to be going in […]
