No recreational marijuana for Ohio. A defeated measure that would have fought discrimination against the trans community in Houston. The victory of a Kentucky gubernatorial candidate who championed Kim Davis. These and other similar results paint the picture of a liberal failure on election day. The ...
Being a feminist is chic. After centuries, it seems we’re finally winning the culture war. Long gone are the days of feminism being seen as the domain of frumpy, grumpy spinsters. We’ve got Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and, of course, Emma Watson in our ranks. We have sex appeal. We have commercial appeal. But ...
At the beginning of this summer, I found myself in a very peculiar situation. I was to be sharing a house with a band of men in Georgetown. But these men were not just any men — these were bona fide, socially conservative, entitlement-hating, Bush-apologist, Republican men. I noted with a wrinkled ...
Who can forget the iconic image of the White House on June 26? Bathed in polychrome splendor, the building sent an unmistakable message to the rest of the country and the global community: “America is now officially gay-friendly, and you should be too.” The Supreme Court victory was a milestone ...
Indonesian female police recruits are being forced to undergo virginity tests, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Not only is this process humiliating, it also leaves these women in pain. This is yet another example of gendered violence based on cultural values. Indonesian culture is patriarchal and prizes ...
We here on College Hill live in a bubble. It cannot be denied. Who among us has not ventured downtown and been startled by the vast humanity that exists beyond our gates? This phenomenon is not inherently bad. There is nothing wrong with spending our young years in an academic oasis. But this cloistered ...
As we conclude the summer, many of us will be departing that bittersweet, collegiate summer experience of the unpaid internship. There’s nothing more exciting than being accepted to a program at a prestigious organization and nothing more dismaying than subsisting on scraps for three months. Still ...
Three months ago, a mass grave was discovered in Pakistan. More than 100 bodies were found in three different pits, decomposed beyond recognition. These casualties were not products of the war on terror or religious strife, as many might be quick to assume. Rather, they were victims of pure persecution. ...
On the morning of March 22, one million cubic yards of earth slumped off of a hillside in Snohomish County, Wash. The wall of mud has taken the lives of 30 people so far. The immediate cause of this horrific tragedy is unseasonably warm weather accompanied by heavy rainfall. The area had recently been ...
Last winter, I learned that no fewer than four of my close friends had contemplated suicide during high school or their freshman years of college. Their motivations for considering ending their lives were tangled webs of depression, anxiety, family problems, self-image issues and academic pressures. I ...
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