Last week (July 19, if you’re going to be all persnickety about it) included at its apex National Hot Dog Day, and I just know that your excitement was as unbridled as mine. (Ever notice that excitement...

Last week, colleague Laura Townsend wrote about the reality of white privilege. Her column relays the experiences of three college-age individuals who feel they have been affected by white privilege. This...

Although Iowa is most notably known for its picturesque cornfields made famous by the well-loved movie Field of Dreams, Iowa is more than just a corn state. Iowa leads the nation in corn production and...

There’s a lot of talk among minority groups about whose responsibility it ultimately is to educate the rest of the public about issues facing each. Is it members of the minority who must speak up and...

Stories from students of different races demonstrate that racial profiling lives. By Laura Townsend [email protected] Early last week, I accompanied my friend to a tattoo parlor. She wanted me...

By Hannah Webster [email protected] Living in 2017, it is apparent that the Internet has taken the world by storm, and it has a monumental effect on anyone and everything around us. Nearly...

Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is tell someone with big dreams they can’t follow them, simply because the world is not yet ready for change. To stomp on a person’s goals not because of any rational...

Religious freedom is one of the founding ideals of this country. In the United States, an individual has the freedom to identify with any religion, whether that be as a member of the First Church of Cannabis...

When I finally saw The Beguiled, my excitement waned after the first 15 minutes of dewy mansions and frayed petticoats. A dark fairy tale about white Southern women, with no people of color in sight? Something...

“I am worried about Trump, what he will do to the world?” Pierre said to me. Pierre is a French pediatrician whom I’d chat for class at a local bar in Pau, France. It was the fall of 2016, just after...

So, what’s up with Donald Jr.? And how did he wind up in the middle of the Russian election-meddling scandal? Which, somehow, hardly anyone has labeled a “gate.” Yet. In 2013, the Trumpster put...

Gerrymandering. The practice of deliberately manipulating the boundaries of electoral districts in such a way to privilege a specific bloc. Or to put it bluntly, rigging elections. Despite the peculiar...