April 2, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Recently, conservative news anchor Tomi Lahren was suspended from her position at The Blaze for sharing her unexpected views on abortion on the talk show “The […]
Tomi Lahren and Our Media Problem
New Michael Brown Footage at SXSW: Why Does It Matter?
March 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza This week, the 2017 SXSW Film Festival was held in Austin, Texas, where a variety of independent movies and documentaries premiered on-screen for the first time. […]
City Theatre and the Merton Center Come Together for “The Guard”
By Neil Cosgrove An old connection between the Thomas Merton Center and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre has been re-established through the medium of City’s upcoming production of “The Guard” by Jessica Dickey. The […]
Syria: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
March 9, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of book “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, Pluto Press, 2016 Robin Yassin-Kassab is a British based journalist […]
Today’s America: Afflicted by Class
March 8, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year History of Class in America teaches us that the pundits, political operatives and academics should have been paying attention to […]
Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns from Breitbart
March 3, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Earlier this week, Milo Yiannopoulos resigned from his position as the editor of Breitbart News after a series of horrific comments regarding statutory rape […]
My America
December 7, 2016 By Christina Castillo my America loves me they love my tan and my curls as long as it is not on me they love my mother’s hips and her […]
IF I WERE STRAIGHT, A Poem by Tallon Kennedy
If I were straight I wouldn’t have the “oh, he’s gay?—that’s so fine!—I love gay people!” comments when I go to people’s apartments, I wouldn’t have to “come out” at some point […]
First Transgender Child Actor to Appear on Modern Family: What This Means for Progress
By Tallon Kennedy October 1, 2016 This Wednesday, the TV show Modern Family will feature the first transgender child actor in television history. Openly transgender 8-year-old, Jackson Millarker, will appear on […]
Safe Spaces and Trigger Warnings: What’s Actually Going on in America’s Classrooms?
By Tallon Kennedy October 1, 2016 Back in September of 2015, The Atlantic produced a piece entitled “The Coddling of the American Mind” about the rise of trigger warnings and safe spaces […]
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