Many of us were devastated when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lost the 2016 Democratic Primary to Hillary Clinton. So many of us — especially the youths — felt the bern. Sanders won the most ballots among voters 30 and younger. They voted for Sanders more than two million times while Clinton and Donald Trump could…
Despite our enduring struggle to keep up with the technology we create, no one can deny that the Internet is a fantastic tool. It allows us to communicate with people from all around the world in one place, and you can learn practically anything you want to. However, we know by now that since the…
We’ve had Blade Runner. We’ve had 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, Ex Machina and I, Robot. Now we have the internet, and suddenly the fictional possibility of creations outgrowing their creators seems all too real. In a few short decades — since the invention of the World Wide Web in 1990 — the internet…
It’s the year 2018, which means there are certain issues we just shouldn’t have to deal with anymore. One of the most preposterous and horrifying of these is the idea that women enjoy too much freedom. The “men’s rights movement” sweeping through the United States may also be referred to, interchangeably, as “red pill” philosophy.…
Mother’s Day falls on May 13th this year. As the holiday is getting closer, we decided to take a closer look at the history of this Hallmark holiday and any existing links between feminism and motherhood. The holiday became official in 1914, and the woman behind the holiday spent much of her life fighting against…
American citizens possess a constitutional right to vote, but do those votes mean anything if secure election processes are not available? After Russia’s interference with the 2016 presidential election, the government has done little to keep problems like this from reoccurring in the future. The $380 million spending bill, which will be distributed as grants…
America’s current commander-in-chief was swept to victory because a large number of voters mistook his apparent business acumen for political competency. Worse, they even assigned his being a business mogul a moral value, proud in their assumption that “businessmen” are necessarily and always more trustworthy than “politicians.” This generalization is so manifestly untrue that it’s…
The United States of America, taken as a whole, isn’t remotely as “divided” as you might like to think. When we poll the American people one issue at a time, we find they overwhelmingly support progressive, fiscally responsible and obviously logical solutions to our problems — including universal, single-payer healthcare, tighter environmental and banking regulations,…
With graduation season just around the corner, you grads are probably starting to reflect on the past four years of your life. And you’re likely looking ahead to what’s on the horizon, too. That future is limitless, especially if you’re a woman during this time of growing female empowerment! That’s why you may be thinking…