Same-sex couples could lose critical health care if providers choose to discriminate (Flickr/ Jose Antonio Navas).  In 2017, President Trump and vice president Mike Pence met with a legal scholar who advised them on social issues, including the likelihood of reversing Roe v. Wade. According to The New Yorker, two sources confirm that when the discussion…

Colin Kaepernick received an unexpected opportunity on Saturday, November 16. (Flickr) Almost three years have passed since Colin Kaepernick has played in an NFL matchup, and for those anxious to see his return, this past Saturday was another setback. The 32-year-old quarterback out of the University of Nevada has not touched the playing field since…

Beto O’Rourke: Lost in the Shuffle (Flickr) On November 20, ten candidates will take the stage in Atlanta in an attempt to convince the American people that they are the best choice to be the next President of the United States. During the approximately 3 hour-run, more harm than good will be done to all…

Daryl Morey’s support for Hong Kong has put the NBA at unfortunate odds with China. (Wikimedia Commons) Little did the average American citizen know in 1971 that after two decades of containment, all it would take for the United States and China to break the ice would be a ping-pong match. For all of the…

Republican Senator Margaret Chase-Smith from Maine, 1943 (Wikimedia Commons).    Sixty-nine years ago, Senator Margaret Chase-Smith, a Republican, stood on the Senate Floor and delivered her “Declaration of Conscience,” in which she condemned her fellow party member, Senator Joseph McCarthy.    Months earlier, McCarthy had announced to the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling,…

Raheem Sterling, a leader in European soccer’s anti-racism movement, plays in last year’s world cup semifinal. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons). In America, racism makes us think of tragedies, such as the story of Eric Garner and a century’s old struggle for equality. In Europe, racism also exists, with the same violence, police profiling, and discrimination of people…

President Trump has picked up resistance as House Democrats’ legal pressure mounts. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)   For the past several weeks, we’ve watched our President embarrass the nation. We’ve looked on as he callously tramples upon our democracy, using the Oval Office for his own personal gain, desperately clawing for power to satisfy an…

Scrolling through Twitter last Friday, I couldn’t believe what filled my timeline. Attacks on Greta Thunberg and the international climate strikes littered my home page, and after just minutes of reading tweets from fervent politicians and enraged citizens, I had to put my phone away. It’s a well-established fact by now that climate change is…

The California Legislature passed the Fair Pay to Play Act on Monday, September 9. (Wikimedia Commons)  This past Monday the California State Senate unanimously voted 72-0 on the Fair Pay to Play Act written by state Democrats Nancy Skinner and Steven Bradford, which will allow Californian collegiate athletes to earn compensation for their name, image,…

The almighty buck reigns as 2.3 million acres and counting are afire. (Pxhere) Over the past few weeks, the Amazon rainforest and the mass fires currently devastating this region have dominated headlines. The Amazon is well on its way to becoming a savannah. Its accelerated destruction is just as you might predict: political manipulation occurring…