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Today’s political landscape faces a dangerous crisis – worsening division and lower voter satisfaction. Polarization is the main enemy. Americans are forced to back one of two candidates, who are often on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Being moderate seems to have no place in politics anymore, and, with...

On this day in Hip Hop, I feel we as an audience take for granted the contributions that our rap forerunners have set. We love what we love, right? However, I don’t think many bother to care or appreciate what came before that transpired the now and present. That’s regarding...

Online content creation is a very lucrative business, especially on YouTube. Due to the platform’s sheer versatility, it allows for a wide variety of different forms of content to be made and music is often one of these. While YouTube already has a wide variety of music channels already in...

Every summer, it feels like the literary snobs are reawakened to criticize our beloved beach reads. You know, those breezy, feel good books we toss into our beach bags. Critics write them off as playful, formulaic and even a bit embarrassing. But, why is it that a book’s worthiness depends...

In classrooms across America, lunchtime trays reflect more than dietary guidelines — they reflect institutional power. Public health initiatives in schools, framed as educational interventions, often serve as tools for surveillance and behavior conditioning under the guise of wellness. Federal policies like the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” position nutrition as...

Dear Beauty Brands,  We see you just launched a new set of darker foundation shades, congrats! The new campaign? Loved the diversity – and how it’s just in time for your quarterly sales goals! Sure, it looks like progress, but most of the effort seems reserved for the marketing department. ...

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