Toni Morrison’s first published novel The Bluest Eye tells the story of Pecola, a young Black girl living in the wake of the Great Depression…
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Even at a young age, he had this sense of “American optimism.” He’d see something he didn’t like, take note of it and do everything…
For the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the defining health crisis of our lives. Government agencies rushed to implement effective public health…
“Can you be spied on because of where you worship?” Hussam Ayoush is the executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on…
Prior to January 24th 2021, if you were to open up Spotify and click on the “Podcasts & Shows” tab, “The Joe Rogan Experience” would…
What is happening? In the wake of the 2020 census, electoral maps are being redrawn across the country. With this comes a slew of legal…
The Texas gubernatorial general election is set for November of 2022, with the primary elections being held in March 2022. Texas does not have gubernatorial…
Since her ascension to the role of President of the political action committee EMILY’s List, Laphonza Butler has broken down barriers and built empires through…
In 2015, the US signed on to the Paris Agreement, vowing to work towards a goal of reducing global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius,…
On December 2nd, 2021, something strange happened. Major League Baseball scrubbed player faces, highlight reels and other media from its website. Where videos of iconic…
Joe Biden walked out of his inauguration with promises for transformational reforms in almost every aspect of American government, but with brutally slim Congressional majorities…
Nearly one year ago, President Biden’s ascension to office alongside a Democratically controlled Senate and House brought with it a cautiously optimistic hope for legislation…
On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists stormed the halls of the United States Capitol building. The video crews of newscasters at the scene captured the insurrectionist…
At the turn of the 17th century, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England passed a sweeping slate of reforms aimed at alleviating poverty.…
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end of a 20-year military presence that is now estimated to have cost $5.8 trillion. Today, the returning…
There are two ways the story of Jerome Powell’s time as chair of the Federal Reserve is commonly told. One narrative goes like this: Powell…
New York and San Francisco have quite the reputations for their homeless populations, but there is one key difference between these two cities. Although New…
In the last few years, Facebook, Apple, Google, and Amazon have dominated the news, and at the same time have become increasingly involved in every…