The growth of astrology and similar occult practices in recent years reflects an increasing desire among young Americans to connect with...

2018 has been designated the Year of the Woman, and the midterm elections have confirmed the title. Though still far from attaining equal...

For the overwhelming majority of banned books, it takes only the vaguest understanding of their premises to guess why they were banned....

In October 2018, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon painting shredded itself after it was sold to a collector at an auction for $1.4 million...

The past year has seen a significant rise in movements supporting sexual assault and harassment victims, most notably #MeToo and Time’s...

At Brown, male and female athletes are supposed to receive equal treatment, and in many ways, they do. Facilities and funding, for...

Taylor Swift made headlines this October by becoming the most awarded female artist in the history of the American Music Awards. Along...

In 1913, the Futurist painter Luigi Russolo wrote a manifesto encouraging readers to “walk across a great modern metropolis with ears...

“Gender Equality” is fifth on the United Nations’ list of the Sustainable Development Goals. Thousands of organizations–NGOs, UN...

The United States has one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. Americans are more likely to prioritize themselves over a...

Archaeologists and historians alike have long studied the ancient Iraqi city of Samarra. Spanning both banks of the Tigris, the...

The day after the testimonies of both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine...

#metoo. Brett Kavanaugh. Harvey Weinstein. The past few years have seen a flurry of high-profile cases and political events that have...

People typically idealize marriage as the loving monogamy of two people, epitomized by the phrase “till death do us part.” This idea of...

The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of...

Over the last 50 years, swearing in front of large audience has shifted from an obscenity crime to the norm, and while this trend has...

On January 16th, 2018, YouTube announced new requirements for the YouTube Partner Program, which are to be enforced starting February...

In February 2017, Facebook changed its mission statement from “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and...

The Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter are two attractions in Kentucky run by the Christian apologetics group Answers in Genesis. The...

In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as...