Oren Jacobson is a national civic leader, organizer, and reproductive health activist residing in Illinois. Jacobson is a co-founder and the executive director of Men4Choice, an organization founded in 2015 which works to educate male allies and mobi...
On July 19, 2020, the United Arab Emirates Space Association (UAESA) launched a rocket named Hope into space in celebration of the country’s 50th anniversary. Hope went into orbit around Mars to transmit previously unobserved weather data, making t...
Orbiting more than 225 thousand miles from the Earth, the Moon is more than a pretty sight in the sky or a conduit for human exploration: It contains valuable natural resources. Considering the Moon’s vast reserves of Helium-3 (better known as H-3,...
The United States has one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. Americans are more likely to prioritize themselves over a group and they value independence and autonomy. This societal ethos can be seen in how Americans relate to each oth...
The United States has one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. Americans are more likely to prioritize themselves over a group and they value independence and autonomy. This societal ethos can be seen in how Americans relate to each oth...
Archaeologists and historians alike have long studied the ancient Iraqi city of Samarra. Spanning both banks of the Tigris, the once-Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is perhaps one of the largest testaments to the grandeur of medieval Iraq. Besides t...
Archaeologists and historians alike have long studied the ancient Iraqi city of Samarra. Spanning both banks of the Tigris, the once-Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is perhaps one of the largest testaments to the grandeur of medieval Iraq. Besides t...
The day after the testimonies of both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, I received a text message from a friend. She sent me two images, one of pink writing on an orange bac...
The day after the testimonies of both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, I received a text message from a friend. She sent me two images, one of pink writing on an orange bac...
#metoo. Brett Kavanaugh. Harvey Weinstein. The past few years have seen a flurry of high-profile cases and political events that have served to increase sexual harassment awareness. They have fueled social movements as people rally to bring the perpe...
#metoo. Brett Kavanaugh. Harvey Weinstein. The past few years have seen a flurry of high-profile cases and political events that have served to increase sexual harassment awareness. They have fueled social movements as people rally to bring the perpe...
People typically idealize marriage as the loving monogamy of two people, epitomized by the phrase “till death do us part.” This idea of marriage, ubiquitous in books, movies, and advertisements, is so ingrained in American culture that people oft...
People typically idealize marriage as the loving monogamy of two people, epitomized by the phrase “till death do us part.” This idea of marriage, ubiquitous in books, movies, and advertisements, is so ingrained in American culture that people oft...
The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of journalistic critique — the written accounts of human suffering and strife penned by the likes of Norman Mailer,...
The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of journalistic critique — the written accounts of human suffering and strife penned by the likes of Norman Mailer,...
Over the last 50 years, swearing in front of large audience has shifted from an obscenity crime to the norm, and while this trend has been underway for decades, the Trump administration is accelerating this change at an unprecedented rate. Swear word...
Over the last 50 years, swearing in front of large audience has shifted from an obscenity crime to the norm, and while this trend has been underway for decades, the Trump administration is accelerating this change at an unprecedented rate. Swear word...
On January 16th, 2018, YouTube announced new requirements for the YouTube Partner Program, which are to be enforced starting February 20th, 2018. Creators must now have 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months and 1000 subscribers in order to remain el...
On January 16th, 2018, YouTube announced new requirements for the YouTube Partner Program, which are to be enforced starting February 20th, 2018. Creators must now have 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months and 1000 subscribers in order to remain el...
In February 2017, Facebook changed its mission statement from “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected” to “give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Recent revelations...
In February 2017, Facebook changed its mission statement from “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected” to “give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Recent revelations...
The Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter are two attractions in Kentucky run by the Christian apologetics group Answers in Genesis. The Creation Museum, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017, teaches a pseudoscientific narrative of young Ea...
The Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter are two attractions in Kentucky run by the Christian apologetics group Answers in Genesis. The Creation Museum, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017, teaches a pseudoscientific narrative of young Ea...
In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as morally-bankrupt perpetrators of the climate crisis or as primary agents of a revolution in energy infrastructure and co...
In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as morally-bankrupt perpetrators of the climate crisis or as primary agents of a revolution in energy infrastructure and co...
Humility––Restraint––Resilience: On a summer day in Munich in 1972, this rare amalgam of qualities produced a legendary Olympic victory. Amid the quiver of nerves and the roar of the crowd, the starter raised his gun and a tense, anticipatory...
Humility––Restraint––Resilience: On a summer day in Munich in 1972, this rare amalgam of qualities produced a legendary Olympic victory. Amid the quiver of nerves and the roar of the crowd, the starter raised his gun and a tense, anticipatory...