For nearly six decades, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has served as one of the last standing guardrails against racial disenfranchisement in America. It is now under attack and faces extinction in...
In Hans Christian Andersen’s folktale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” his cowardly outerage was too afraid to admit they couldn’t see his magical suit, which is rendered invisible on a wearer who...
I should’ve done something. I would’ve put an end to it. Things could’ve been different.
These thoughts haunt me when I lie in bed trying to fall asleep. I tell myself to close my eyes and turn...
In 1954, American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow said, “No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
It was not too long ago that the second Red Scare and...
When people hear the word “deepfake,” they might associate it with political manipulation — AI-generated candidates saying politically contentious things, faking endorsements or even completely fabricating...
One of the most important legacies a person can leave behind is one of change — of irreparably breaking glass ceilings, challenging the status quo and reimagining our perception of longheld beliefs.
Jane...
Everyone is talking about Geese.
On Sept. 26, the rock band released their third studio album to critical acclaim and played a mobbed surprise show in Brooklyn the following day. They performed on...
The antithesis to Instagram, as far as social media goes, is LinkedIn.
To contrast our party posts, vacation brags and birthday tributes, our generation has professional connections, job announcements...
You, a woman, find yourself lost in the woods, alone. You hear rustling from the bush a couple paces away, and a large figure slowly reveals itself beneath the shadows of the tall trees. You start praying...
A few weeks ago, a friend told me his biggest life goal was reaching 500 connections on LinkedIn.
I asked him whether graduating college, getting his first job or even marrying the love of his life...
Scroll through TikTok long enough and you’ll notice a pattern — there is no line between entertainment and shopping on the app anymore.
A storytime video turns into a product description. A morning...
It’s fall again, and I’m thinking about Franz Kafka.
Last year around this time, I read his work “Letters to Milena,” and if there is one thing Kafka can do well, it’s letter writing.
There...
