Protect Utah's Most Vulnerable
by Connor Richards
In September 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to address and prevent sexual assault in state and...
On Sunday May 21, the University of Notre Dame said farewell to its 2017 graduating class. But before the commencement speech could start, some graduates took a stand and said farewell to the university....
Summer break is always the same. The opening few days are filled with me organizing the many dozens of lists I created during the semester. Lists with headings like “Ways to get more organized,” “Books...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on May 11 that, after more than a century of association, it would be cutting substantial ties with the Boy Scouts of America. In a letter to...
The death penalty is a crude, antiquated form of punishment that should be entirely disavowed.
On Thursday, April 27, Kenneth Williams took his last breath as he lay strapped to a bed in a musty prison...
For years tattoos and piercings have been stereotyped as negative and as a sign of a criminal personality. There are several TV shows about tattoo art, and according to most surveys, just thirty percent...
On March 7, 2017, a statue was put up on Wall Street across from the symbolic Charging Bull. This statue, called “Fearless Girl,” is a simple bronze statue of a little girl, facing the bull, hands...
Humans share the planet with about 8.7 million other species, according to BBC News recent estimates. The Cross River gorilla, Eastern Lowland gorilla, hawksbill turtle, Malayan tiger, Sumatran elephant,...
When I evaluate movies, I try not to put undue expectations on them. I don’t insist that summer blockbusters be masterpieces, nor do I think that every movie must break some kind of new ground. What...
Race is currently at the front-and-center podium of discussion. What seems to be largely forgotten, however, is that racism is taught. A child isn’t born racist and no one seems to discuss how to speak...
