In the midst of a joyous weekend of celebration, sadness and devastation occurred in Sri Lanka. It’s impossible to truly understand why there is such hatred in the world. The hard truth is that acts...
A report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Wednesday found that the Boston Police Department’s social media monitoring campaign targeted Muslims and protected speech.
The...
Our nation has undergone another senseless act of terrorism, with one of the five deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history happening this past weekend. Officials are still searching for a motive for why...
President Donald Trump has been receiving criticism this past week after making false claims about calling Gold Star families after their loved ones were killed in combat. The outrage over this incident...
In the wake of recent events that have caused an increase in Islamophobia and this year’s proposed Muslim ban by the Trump administration, artists across mediums have found various ways to express...
Terror struck again on Friday when an explosive went off in a London tube train, injuring over 30 people. Authorities in the United Kingdom said the explosion was a remote-controlled improvised explosive...
Last week, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gassed his own people. Yes, though the United Nations prohibits chemical warfare, Assad gassed his own people. He, or the Syrian military I should say, used...
It seems that the side effects of two presidential debates are dozens of lies, moderators who struggle to get candidates to answer their questions and viewers who frequently forget the asked questions....
In what The Washington Post called a “deliberate” decision, U.S. President Barack Obama chose to stand up behind a podium while delivering his address to the nation Sunday night. Obama spoke “to...
Amid increased concern about the Islamic State group and terrorism worldwide, George Washington University’s Program on Extremism has found that social media plays a role in radicalizing and mobilizing...
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Athens, the top force in Greece in 431 BC, battled Sparta in commencement of the Peloponnesian...
Remember a few weeks ago when I said I had a love/hate relationship with political discourse on Facebook? This is where I talk about the “hate” part. It’s one thing to roll your eyes at some goofy...
