One website told me to be kind, to treat each day as a precious gift, to practice random acts of kindness and to curtail my intake of media. Another told me I had untapped potential, that I needed...

  On October 7th, Brazil joined the list of countries that have elected representatives with authoritarian tendencies. The newest sensation among global extremist right-wing groups is Jair Bolsonaro...

  Transgender people cannot be erased. For some, this might sound obvious. A person’s gender identity is an inherent, undeniable part of who they are, and to treat transgender people with respect...

  To put it mildly, we are at a particularly alarming moment of a particularly alarming presidency. On Aug. 21, Paul Manafort, the former chairman of the Trump campaign, was found guilty of financial...

  I check my cell phone obsessively. Emails from work and internships pile up if I’m not diligent in my responses, and my family grows concerned about me if I don’t answer their messages quickly...

  Colonization has imposed the Western standard of beauty as an international norm, and popular culture has continued to perpetuate this trend. The world’s population is increasing in its diversity...

  While this country’s two major political parties appear to spiral in never-ending disagreement, there has always been a certain reverence regarding our military veterans. However, if the rhetoric...

  The house I grew up in is located one block west of State Street in Murray City, but I feel that my life has always functionally been that of someone living in my community’s east side. The...

  In Jan. 2017, the United States Army lifted a ban on dreadlocks and twists for female soldiers. For many women currently serving in the army or already retired, this symbolized a step towards...

  Nearly two years have gone by since Donald Trump took control of the White House in the 2016 presidential election. Starting from the night of that election until now, hundreds of analyses have...