March 24, 2016 By Kathleen Mannard What is environmental racism? How is environmental racism allowed to happen? As I questioned more about the term, the more I realized just how common environmental […]
Cause for Chaos
March 14, 2016 By Jordan Malloy Playing kickball on the street with the rest of the kids growing up in Wilkinsburg, gunshots were so common that if we heard them we’d pitch […]
Big Win For Leo, A Progressive Step for Climate Change
March 13, 2016 By Kathleen Mannard The Oscars serve not only as a prestigious ceremony for Hollywood but also as a platform for celebrities to express their activism. In the past, several […]
Sam Smith and his Awkward Oscar Acceptance Speech
March 13, 2016 By Matt Petras A lot of good came out of this year’s Oscars despite the highly problematic lack of people of color nominees for awards. Chris Rock did a […]
Zika, Ebola and More: Plans for International Environmental Health Risks
March 2, 2016 By Kathleen Mannard The Ebola epidemic in 2014 swept away people’s imaginations of the deadly disease ravaging across the “First World.” The virus spread across multiple Western African countries with […]
Tomorrow is the “March to Take Back Our University”
February 25, 2016 By Matt Petras University of Pittsburgh students, professors and faculty are joining forces tomorrow at 3:30 PM to agitate the university to treat them better in the “March to […]
Drop the Turban
February 25, 2016 By Imaz Athar You may know Jasmeet Singh as jusreign, a YouTube comedian with close to 700,000 subscribers. I’m one of those subscribers, and I’ve watched almost all of […]
Let’s Kill the Cool Girl Thing, Cool?
February 24, 2016 By Nijah Glenn Although we as a society love to bash pop culture and dissect every last bit of media for symbolism that isn’t there, it is appropriate to […]
The Clean Power Plan: Ambitions and Setbacks
February 21, 2016 By Kathleen Mannard I believe we have a moral and ethical duty to preserve our environment. I know though that I have taken the environment for granted before. Growing […]
Nintendo has an uphill battle on LGBTQ representation
February 21, 2016 By Matt Petras Nintendo, the famous Japanese video game company responsible for brands like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda as well as popular video game systems like the Wii […]
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