Two years from now, American voters might face a nightmare scenario. When we take our ballots on November 7, 2028, in front of us, it is a very real possibility they will read “Newsom (D)” and “Vance (R).” While neither politician has explici...
At the end of 2025, over 20 million viewers logged onto their Netflix accounts to stream the highly-anticipated third installment of Rian Johnson’s iconic murder-mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Simultaneously, after weeks of...
“I’d like to be Pope,” said the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. Days later, he posted an AI-generated image of himself scowling while clothed in full papal regalia and insignia. Kristi Noem, Special Envoy for the Shield...
In the weeks leading up to a big election, hundreds of unsolicited texts and calls from different political organizations inundate one’s phone, each providing similar election information and professing support for a candidate. US residents receive...
In the weeks leading up to a big election, hundreds of unsolicited texts and calls from different political organizations inundate one’s phone, each providing similar election information and professing support for a candidate. US residents receive...
The yellow Gadsden flag flies high over many rural districts in the United States, bearing the phrase “DON’T TREAD ON ME” and a coiled rattlesnake poised to attack. Created during the American Revolution as a rallying symbol against authoritari...
The yellow Gadsden flag flies high over many rural districts in the United States, bearing the phrase “DON’T TREAD ON ME” and a coiled rattlesnake poised to attack. Created during the American Revolution as a rallying symbol against authoritari...
On Friday, March 10, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission announced that the New York-based Fane Corporation would not be proceeding with the proposed Fane Tower and that the commission would soon make its land available to another developer. ...
On Friday, March 10, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission announced that the New York-based Fane Corporation would not be proceeding with the proposed Fane Tower and that the commission would soon make its land available to another developer. ...
As the recently elected Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy had a golden opportunity to set an example as a moderate, bipartisan politician for the next two years. However, as McCarthy’s campaign for Speaker extended over five days of voting, he u...
As the recently elected Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy had a golden opportunity to set an example as a moderate, bipartisan politician for the next two years. However, as McCarthy’s campaign for Speaker extended over five days of voting, he u...
In 1883, Francis Galton coined the term “eugenics” to mean, “the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations.” Deeply grounded in racism, ableism, and sexism, eugenics was...
In 1883, Francis Galton coined the term “eugenics” to mean, “the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations.” Deeply grounded in racism, ableism, and sexism, eugenics was...
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. It is one of California’s highest-performing public schools, with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for college, and it ha...
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. It is one of California’s highest-performing public schools, with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for college, and it ha...
[CW: This article contains mentions of self-harm/suicide and sexual violence.] “Adults don’t get all the pressure that teenage girls have to deal with, from appearance to the way they act to how smart they are, to the things they do. It can be ve...
[CW: This article contains mentions of self-harm/suicide and sexual violence.] “Adults don’t get all the pressure that teenage girls have to deal with, from appearance to the way they act to how smart they are, to the things they do. It can be ve...
The sordid signs of gentrification puncture the fabric of urbanity in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s obvious—the new luxury apartment building with a snazzy post-industrial-chic facade, a vaguely snappy name, and a café at street level offeri...
The sordid signs of gentrification puncture the fabric of urbanity in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s obvious—the new luxury apartment building with a snazzy post-industrial-chic facade, a vaguely snappy name, and a café at street level offeri...
Red hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. These are the features that people tend to associate with Ariel from Disney’s 1989 classic The Little Mermaid. The casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming new live-action version of the fil...
Red hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. These are the features that people tend to associate with Ariel from Disney’s 1989 classic The Little Mermaid. The casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming new live-action version of the fil...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
On October 5, 2021, Netflix released a comedy special starring Dave Chappelle entitled The Closer. Throughout the special, Chappelle made a number of transphobic statements that quickly garnered backlash. Among other things, Chappelle stated that “...
On October 5, 2021, Netflix released a comedy special starring Dave Chappelle entitled The Closer. Throughout the special, Chappelle made a number of transphobic statements that quickly garnered backlash. Among other things, Chappelle stated that “...