It is not coincidence that movements of social change are usually born on the backs of the young. The old saying may have it that with age comes wisdom, but with the knowledge gleaned from a lifetime’s experience comes a… Read More ›
Educational News
You Needn’t Pay Them Any Mind: A Brief Look at the Treatment of American Indians in US History
It has never been properly explained to me why we still celebrate Columbus Day as a national holiday. What is it exactly are we supposed to be celebrating? The fact that some gold-crazed Italian convinced the Queen of Spain to… Read More ›
Rahm Emanuel: Chicago’s Mayor of Go F*** Yourself
Editor’s Note: At the present moment a small, but passionate group of community members on Chicago’s South Side are well into their third week of a hunger strike aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in an attempt to get him to… Read More ›
Following in Potentially Vanishing Footsteps: A Latina’s Journey From LA to an Ivy & Back Again
Author’s Note: I thought this piece might have particular significance in light of the Supreme Court’s 6-2 majority decision to allow the state of Michigan, and by extension all states, the right to enact legislation banning the use of consideration… Read More ›
Taking Issue With Idealism
“[He] is a man of learning, a scholar. He hasn’t come in contact with death; that’s why he can speak with such assurance of the truth-with a capital T. But every country priest who visits his parishioners and has heard… Read More ›
Nebraska Knows Best
I’m going to level with you people—I don’t know much about Nebraska. As a matter of fact I’m pretty sure I go for months at a time neglecting to remember that such a place exists. It all just melds into… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 