In the early 1970s, Allan Bakke was rejected twice by the University of California Davis School of Medicine. Bakke sued the university, claiming he was rejected because he was white. At the time, the medical school reserved 16 out of 100 spots in eac...
When Haley Hedrick was 16 years old, she was awoken one night to a nightmare scenario. Two strangers were standing in her bedroom, telling her that she needed to come with them and saying “you can do this the easy way, or you can do this the hard w...
The January 6th insurrection on the US Capitol will go down in history as perhaps the best example of the dangers of extremism in the US political system. On the fateful day, Ali Alexander, a prominent promoter of the “Stop the Steal” campaign on...
The United States currently faces the highest level of political polarization since the Civil War. Partisan animosity is reaching a boiling point and national disunity is pervasive. Mandatory national service could be the solution. A required year of...
The United States currently faces the highest level of political polarization since the Civil War. Partisan animosity is reaching a boiling point and national disunity is pervasive. Mandatory national service could be the solution. A required year of...
Following the conservative victory of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, LGBTQ+ rights have taken the political spotlight. Even before Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the right to same-sex marriage should be reexamined by the cour...
Following the conservative victory of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, LGBTQ+ rights have taken the political spotlight. Even before Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the right to same-sex marriage should be reexamined by the cour...
President Joe Biden pardoned all US citizens convicted on federal charges for simple possession of marijuana on October 6 this year. This action will provide over 6,500 Americans with easier access to housing, employment, college, and even voting, al...
President Joe Biden pardoned all US citizens convicted on federal charges for simple possession of marijuana on October 6 this year. This action will provide over 6,500 Americans with easier access to housing, employment, college, and even voting, al...
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With hurricanes in the East, cold snaps in the Midwest, and wildfires along the West Coast, the United States is no strang...
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With hurricanes in the East, cold snaps in the Midwest, and wildfires along the West Coast, the United States is no strang...
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she bemoans the lack of an “explosive feminist mobilization” after the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leak...
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she bemoans the lack of an “explosive feminist mobilization” after the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leak...
In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential guideline—a minimum age requirement —prompting a major media uproar. The common law marriages created by the...
In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential guideline—a minimum age requirement —prompting a major media uproar. The common law marriages created by the...
On September 20, 2022 the Washington Monument was one of many recent “victims” of vandalism. That following Wednesday, the west side of the monument was closed in order to clean up the “vulgar, anti-government” phrase written in red paint: ...
On September 20, 2022 the Washington Monument was one of many recent “victims” of vandalism. That following Wednesday, the west side of the monument was closed in order to clean up the “vulgar, anti-government” phrase written in red paint: ...
As you stroll around the Main Green, the daily bells echo across the busy campus—the starting gun to run to your next class. In that moment of rush and confusion, you are struck by a vast realization: You made it. You can officially call yourself a...
As you stroll around the Main Green, the daily bells echo across the busy campus—the starting gun to run to your next class. In that moment of rush and confusion, you are struck by a vast realization: You made it. You can officially call yourself a...
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, in Tehran on September 16, 2022, has triggered a series of protests and demonstrations throughout the country. She was held in police custody for three days prior to her passing, arrested by th...
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, in Tehran on September 16, 2022, has triggered a series of protests and demonstrations throughout the country. She was held in police custody for three days prior to her passing, arrested by th...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’ and Democrats’ control over Congress. While the Democrats currently hold a majority in both the House and Sen...
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’ and Democrats’ control over Congress. While the Democrats currently hold a majority in both the House and Sen...
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe in God or a higher power and 60 percent of religious Black Americans attend predominantly Black congregations. Rel...
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe in God or a higher power and 60 percent of religious Black Americans attend predominantly Black congregations. Rel...