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• Shoot First, Apologize Later: The Police Killings of Bettie Jones & Quintonio Jones

  By Drew Gibson on December 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  For most Americans, December 26th isn’t a date that holds a great deal of significance outside of its relation to the day that comes before it. If you’re lucky, the 26th of December will be spent in the comforts of… Read More ›

• Exit Jail, Do Not Collect Ballot: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Revokes Voting Rights For Ex-Felons

  By Drew Gibson on December 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  At it’s most basic level, incarceration is exchange between an individual and the society in which he or she lives. Before the advent of the carceral punishment, this exchange was pretty direct and tangible. Steal a loaf of bread and… Read More ›

• High Nope: Adam Sandler’s Netflix Movie Is Offensive To Native Americans…And Anyone With A Sense of Humor

  By Drew Gibson on December 20, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  During it’s brief stint as an original content creator, Netflix has proven itself to be a magnificent judge of character, providing audiences with shows that are exquisitely made as they are bingeably watchable. Whether it’s their beloved older fare, like… Read More ›

• Brain Surgery Would Have Been Easier: Ben Carson’s Struggles With Foreign Policy

  By Drew Gibson on December 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On the morning of September 5th, 1987, a brilliant young neurosurgeon named Ben Carson stood over the motionless, butterflied bodies of the 7-month old Binder boys at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Surrounded by an extensive team comprised of some of the… Read More ›

• We Have Nothing To Fear But Trump Himself

  By Drew Gibson on December 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Middle of Nowhere, North Georgia ain’t a bad place to be on a Monday night for an itinerant traveler. Provided you’re near a highway, there’s nothing you’re going to want for that you couldn’t stand to go a night without…. Read More ›

• Your “Tradition” Is My Pain: How Race-Based Mascots Inflict Real Harm On Native Americans

  By Drew Gibson on November 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Let me ask you a question. When was the last time you saw a thoroughly modern Native American in a film or a TV show? Now, I’m not asking the last time you saw a contemporary film or TV show… Read More ›

• Big Man On Campus: How Bernie Sanders Is Trying To Lock Down The College Vote in Iowa

  By Drew Gibson on November 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  If you’re looking for an American city that embodies the myriad successes and shortcomings of Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign, you could do worse than Cedar Falls, Iowa. Located in the northeastern quadrant of the state, the demographics of Cedar Falls… Read More ›

• Game Called On Account Of Systemic Injustice: Missouri’s Football Team Boycotts Bigotry On Campus

  By Drew Gibson on November 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  *Editor’s Note: University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned from his position at around the same time this article was posted* ——————– Today, it could well be argued that no single sport has perfected the art of athletic spectacle to… Read More ›

• You Have To Win At Home: How Kentucky’s Governor’s Race Was Decided in The City, Not The Country

  By Drew Gibson on November 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  While the outcome of Tuesday night’s gubernatorial election in Kentucky was not expected, the reaction from much of the national media and the Democratic faithful has been regrettably predictable. In the wake of Tea Party darling Matt Bevin’s sound thumping… Read More ›

• A Different Kind Of Green: Ohio’s Problematic Marijuana Legalization Vote

  By Drew Gibson on November 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Last Tuesday, after enduring all of the fallacious bluster I could from the GOP debate in Colorado, I switched over to The World Series, hoping that a little fall baseball could serve as a salve for the aneurysm I could… Read More ›

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