By Jacob Prall [email protected] The new Senate GOP health-insurance bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, is unpopular for a number of reasons. It’s not just that it will take away health...

By Beau Elliot  [email protected] I don’t really care about arm deals for the most part. Yeah, I know: the U.S. and some other canny nations sell tons of weapons to people you don’t want to...

By Laura Townsend [email protected] I ran my index finger over a dent in the large oak table, wishing I could shrink myself small enough to curl up inside of it. My boyfriend, Joe, sat beside...

Urban farming is the perfect solution to cultivating a relationship between consumers and food in an urban setting. By Dot Armstrong [email protected] Providing produce for yourself and your...

Fourth of July celebrations remind us that our country was founded on patriotic dissent. By Stephen Schrichfield [email protected] America was founded on the principle of resisting injustice,...

By Zach Weigel [email protected] You may recall the “pink slime” outcry that transfixed the nation a few years ago. But what you may not know is that Beef Products Inc., a South Dakota meat...

By Laura Townsend [email protected] President Trump stirred up the Twitter-sphere Sunday morning with his latest controversial tweet, a video that shows Trump body-slamming, punching, and choking...

By Travis Coltrain [email protected] One of the common complaints about the art world seems to be around the idea of art itself. Many styles, most commonly performance art, are often under attack...

By Wylliam Smith [email protected] The United States has come a long way in regards to being more accepting. Sadly,  equality is still just out of America’s reach. According to a study done...

By Stephen Schrichfield [email protected] We’ve come to a moral morass, and it’s been a long time coming. America has become so polarized that those who blindly support President Trump...

By Dot Armstrong [email protected] Although you folks reading this column don’t agree on the type or provenance of our food, the availability of food itself is an obvious source of common...

By Hannah Webster [email protected] “North Carolina is the only state in U.S. where no doesn’t mean no,” Sen. Jeff Jackson, D-North Carolina District 37, said in an interview with the Fayetteville...