In 1964, After 1,189 Psychiatrists publicly claimed Barry Goldwater was psychologically unfit to be president, the American Psychiatric Association created the “Goldwater Rule”: You can’t give a...

Contrary to popular belief, the absurdly common mission trip or “service experience” probably didn’t do much good. Yes, you may have gotten dozens and dozens of photos with impoverished Black or...

Burger King recently released an anti-bullying campaign advertisement that compared a young boy being picked on by bullies with a burger that was “beaten” by employees. This social experiment showed...

Success for YouTube, its content-makers and its viewers, has always relied on algorithms, the invisible math that guides relevant content matches whenever you search for a video. And as advanced and effective...

Lamonte McIntyre, 41, walked out of a Kansas prison as a free man on Oct. 13 after spending 23 years behind bars. He was only 17 years old when he received two life sentences for the murders of two individuals...

Members of Congress spend half their time on Capitol Hill squabbling with their colleagues and pretending to get things done. They spend the other half schmoozing with donors as they grovel for money to...

“Let’s not let this maybe last thing that’s held sacred in our society — a young man, young woman going out and giving his or her life for our country — let’s try to somehow keep that sacred.”...

Harvey Weinstein has amassed more than fifty accusations of sexual harassment and thirteen accusations of sexual assault. That the number was able to climb so high says a lot about the permissive environment...

“How do you know you’re going to lose?” My shoulders tensed, and I took a few breaths to steady myself. I had just given one of my long-winded speeches about homelessness within the community and...

We commonly trace the roots of American environmentalism to those 18th and 19th century thinkers and poets who wandered the woods: Muir, Thoreau, Leopold. We quote them in the captions under our Instagram...

As we approach November 9th, the one year mark since the election of Donald Trump, pundits, commentators, and laypeople alike still struggle to figure how a candidate like Donald Trump – crass, generally...

I get a text from a friend who tells me she landed the internship of her dreams for next summer. I am ecstatic for her. But deep down, I am frustrated as to why I’m not the one receiving that news. ...