Algorithms have been created in a way that both reflects and perpetuates biases, particularly those regarding race and gender. In the...

Race is one of the most visible and pressing sources of inequity among Americans, particularly in its effect on health outcomes. Perhaps...

Since last February, thousands of students and blue-collar workers from all across France have taken to the streets to protest President...

Since the 1960s, America has vaunted Asians as the nation’s model minority. Simultaneously overrepresented at Harvard (relative to the...

Ron Chernow, historian and author of Hamilton (the main influence for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed Broadway musical), recently released...

In the context of day-to-day life, soap warrants minimal consideration. It is merely a material component involved in a greater process –...

The many parallels between cultural expression and political processes suggest that, whenever there is a hostile political climate, the...

The gap between the wealthy and poor in the United States is disturbingly greater than most of its residents realize. The Walmart family...

At the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa — a museum entirely devoted to commemorating the late, notorious actor — Donald Trump stood...

The Office of Management and Budget was formed in 1970 to help “serve the President of the United States in implementing his vision...

One hashtag, three words: #unfairandlovely. Although the phrase seems minimal, the “Unfair and Lovely” campaign, started by University of...

By 2060, 115 percent more Americans will be of Hispanic origin than in 2015. Consequently, pundits identify “the Hispanic vote” as the...

Victor Fowler is a renowned Cuban writer of the Revolutionary Era. He has remained in Cuba and has published numerous essays and poetry...

The environmental movement in the United States has a problem. From rooftop gardens to central parks, cities across the country have...

The Democratic Party has monopolized the black vote for decades. Since 1976 the Democrats have received more than 80 percent of the black...

The United States has the highest per-capita spending on health care of any nation in the world, it is home to some of the world’s best...

Texas State Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) is having another go at overturning the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. On...

On Friday March 13th poet Kenneth Goldsmith performed a piece at Brown University entitled “Michael Brown’s Body.” A remixed recitation...

Chiero Ferristal, born in Haiti, has been working as a subway construction worker in the neighboring Dominican Republic since crossing...

This April, the US military authorized new hair regulations that prohibited several natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks,...