Back in the 60s, the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle helped to develop the first hormonal contraceptive, Enovid, amidst a climate of scientific hesitance. While the…
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There are no more children with Down Syndrome in Iceland. At least, almost none. Depending on where you are in the world, and when in…
Frederich Hayek famously said “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can…
“They never told us uranium was dangerous. We washed our faces in it. We drank in it. We ate in it. It was sweet,” explained…
In the wake of the most severe recession since the 2008 financial crisis, even historically low interest rates and Biden’s unprecedented government expenditures might not…
For eight years, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has introduced the same bill in the Senate: the Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA). Despite the…
On March 2, as congressmembers considered the For the People Act, a bill that would enact the most comprehensive expansion of voting sights in the…
March 2021 was an eventful month for abortion in the news. On March 3, The New York Times published an opinion article outlining the political…
Traditionally, medical institutions and systems are portrayed as places of cures and remedies, but what if they are actually major sources of health issues, woven…
Launch yourself back into your first grade class and imagine this: Your teacher asks the class, “What’s four plus four?” Simple enough, you raise your…
This last year has resurfaced issues leading to greater action towards change and exposed new crises that have left Americans feeling fearful of change. The…
Since the 1960s, Asian Americans have been upheld as the ideal immigrant. As one 1986 CNN article put it, “they are smarter and better educated…
Twenty minutes south of Birmingham, just up the road from a state park, lies the town of Bessemer, Alabama. Termed the “Marvel City” for its…
Throughout the past six months, I have watched five loved ones come out as bisexual and open up to the world in a confident, breathtaking…
The 2020 election marked a new beginning for the unraveling of American democracy. Influenced not only by the magnitude of polarization, but also the faith…
At the conclusion of the NFL’s season in 2020, there was hope that this hiring cycle for head coaches would be different. At the time,…
All social media companies operate around the same basic principle. You are not the customer of Facebook — you are the product. When we speak…
During the early months of 2021, a notable amount of anti-transgender bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country — as of mid-March,…