It is not news that one-time presidential hopeful and Democratic Sen. from Vermont Bernie Sanders has lost his party’s nomination. Now, would-be Sanders supporters are left with a less than progressive...
In a post-Citizens United political landscape, the effects of multimillion-dollar and even billion-dollar Super PACS has loomed over the U.S. political system, but the American people could rest easily...
This past weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the national motto of the United States, “In God We Trust.”
On July 30, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill that made the phrase the...
In North Carolina, a law imposing severe restrictions on voting was struck down by a federal appeal court on July 29, and this ruling could be considered a huge win for proponents of democracy and racial...
Awave of terrorism attacks have left numerous dead and injured in Germany over the course of only a week, raising questions of public paranoia and heightened suspicion over the influx of migrant refugees...
Last week, the state Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for students at the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and the University of Northern Iowa. The official increase was announced roughly one...
Over the past couple of years, there has been what seems like an unprecedented level of terrorism in the Western world. While radical terrorist organizations have always been at odds with the Western way...
On July 15, a coup d’état perpetrated by mutinous factions of Turkey’s military threatened the presidency of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan until it was all but put down by the night of July...
The cellphone has become an indispensible tool for the majority of the population and has become such a staple for existence in the 21st century that the implications of its use seem to pale in comparison...
The shooting rampage in Dallas, which claimed the lives of five police officers, ended with suspect Micah Xavier Johnson being killed by a targeted C-4 explosives delivered by a machine called the Remotec...
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s blatant xenophobia and bigotry have become staples for his campaign, which has garnered the support of the some of the most skewed ideologies present in...
This past weekend, as America began to celebrate, somewhat prematurely, the 240th anniversary of its independence, the world lost one of its best. Elie Wiesel, a Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor,...
