Donald Trump was elected President because he made a grand, impossible promise to the American people: that he would build a Great Wall of America on our country’s southern border that would finally...
As someone who grew up in an evangelical church for the majority of my life, I can attest to the strides that the church has made to make Christianity more modern, tech savvy, and even trendy. When church...
You wouldn’t hire a chemist to teach an English composition class educating the next generation, nor would you want an English major working in a chemistry lab to develop the products that’ll end up...
One of the most vivid memories I have, one that I replay time and time again in my head, is of leaving the site of my first sexual encounter. As I entered the car weak and confused, I told the boy driving...
By now, most University of Alabama students, and many people besides them, have seen the appalling racist rants of Harley Barber, a girl who was an enrolled student and member of the Alpha Phi sorority...
Earlier this week, federal judges ruled North Carolina’s congressional district map unconstitutional because the jagged, interlocking districts were a product of partisan gerrymandering. This is the...
In the wake of an influx of sexual assault allegations, where prominent news anchors and actors are being taken down left and right, recent events in Hollywood have called just as much media attention...
The new year saw the implementation of California’s legalization of recreational marijuana. California was the fifth state to have done so, following Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. News reports...
By now, odds are that you’ve heard about The Room. Endearingly referred to as “the best worst movie ever made”, the decade-old film recently inspired the James Franco-directed, Golden Globe nominated...
Free speech: two words that are a cornerstone of our democracy. Where would we be without free speech? There would be no protests, no internet, no outspoken opposition to the powers-that-be. It’s right...
For decades since the Vietnam War, college campuses have been at the heart of many of the debates around free speech that have wracked our country. Full of young, impassioned intellectuals, campuses are...
Politics and sports are no longer separate entities. Now more than ever, athletes are using their platforms to address issues that they feel passionately about. Football players, specifically, have used...