By Nijah Glenn Science has always been a field of controversy. From the beginnings of modern science in the ancient world to the Middle Ages to the recent autism vaccine controversy, one […]
In Defense of Science
An Appeal for Mental Health Recognition
March 9, 2017 By Nijah Glenn We live in quite a time to be alive. As a society, we can boast energy efficient cars; we have the ability to FaceTime our friends […]
A Special Place in the Strip
September 1, 2016 By Nijah Glenn & Bette McDevitt On a recent afternoon, we visited a long time friend of the Merton Center. Twenty years ago, Christine Haas was the development coordinator/ […]
Girl Power, Riot Grrrl, Feminism, Oh My!
August 1, 2016 By Nijah Glenn As a young girl growing up in the 90s, I was not immune to the feverish love everyone had of the Spice Girls. They wore outrageous […]
Your Faves Are More Than Problematic: Activists, You Are Not An Exception
July 12, 2016 By Nijah Glenn If you’re reading this, then you responded to the clickbait title I purposefully chose in order to gain traffic, and my marketing genius worked! Kidding. Let […]
Fight the Power: Students Rally for Change
July 3, 2016 By Nijah Glenn On June 17th, a group of student activists gathered at the Pittsburgh Public School Board to discuss changes in school code for the benefit of current […]
Goodnight, American Dream
May 31, 2016 By: Nijah Glenn I would strongly venture that I’m not the only one to have grown up with the images of the American Dream blasted into my head: 1950s […]
Money (That’s What I Want + Earned)
April 19, 2016 By: Nijah Glenn Happy Equal Pay Day (Okay, so maybe it was on April 12th, my apologies)! Actually, it would be happy if equal pay was actually equal pay […]
Gentrification Gone Wrong- Interview With Filmmaker Chris Ivey
April 6, 2016 By: Nijah Glenn Local film documentarian Chris Ivey is the creator of East Of Liberty, which chronicled the very beginning of recent gentrification in East Liberty. I asked Chris […]
I’ll Tell You What Girls Want – What We Really, Really Want: Gender Bias in STEM To End
May 17, 2016 By: Nijah Gleen Hey hey hey hey everyone! If you’re reading this, Equal Pay Day for women has probably just passed in the last few weeks, and you’ve probably […]
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