Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault trial exposed a major flaw in our legal system: there is no single legal definition of the word ‘consent’. Each …
The Trial You Didn’t Know Was Happening
Across social media feeds, cable news broadcasts, and political conversations, the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has taken center stage. Many can draw conclusions about race …
Propaganda? Just Say No
Recently in my “Evil, Vice and Sin” philosophy class, we discussed the nature of propaganda and its effects on people. To those who know me, …
What Virginia Signifies for the 2022 and 2024 Elections
Virginia, a state that has not elected a Republican governor since 2009, recently broke the streak by electing Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday. For a state …
Virginia Gubernatorial Election Autopsy
As this article is written (Nov 8), the 2021 election day is just over a week in the past. Though off-year elections are generally fewer …
White Power and Politics
Glenn Allen Youngkin ran on white supremacy and is now the governor-elect of Virginia. During his campaign, Youngkin released an online advertisement featuring a mother …
We Aren’t a Democracy, but We Aren’t a Communist Nation Either
My goodness, I only wish Joe Biden was as “communist” as the right wants us to believe. But a communist wouldn’t try to work a …
The Relationship between the NYPD and Marginalized Students
The following section is a continuation of the previous series of columns concerning the NYPD’s occupancy in public schools. The two topics to be discussed: …
Gerrymandering: The Increasingly Bipartisan Partisan Tool
With each state having a certain number of representatives that can be elected to the House of Representatives, states are tasked with figuring out how …