By the end of 2015, Warner Brothers will use only fair trade chocolate in their various Harry Potter merchandise. They…
Bring back EMSAcare, safety net for uninsured students
If you live in an apartment, you were at some point in the past week probably asked to sign a…
CIA Torture Report reveals disturbing, ineffective practices
Ineffective tortue, lying to government oversight, hacking the Senate Intelligence Committee’s computers, destroying evidence, imprisoning innocent people, providing false evidence…
“The Interview” a gag movie, not successful satire
Making a mockery doesn’t necessarily make a difference. In recent months, James Franco and Seth Rogen’s comedy “The Interview” created…
The wrong policy for Cuba
Moves towards the normalization of relations and the relaxing of sanctions would rightly be less controversial and more widely celebrated…
Devrais-je être Charlie?
Killing is bad. So naturally, when terrorists attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve of the magazine’s staff, the…
I will never be shot by a police officer
A week or so ago, a good friend of mine made a solid suggestion: re-read Peggy McIntosh’s “Unpacking the Invisible…
Ferguson riots more than just “thuggery”
Over the week of Thanksgiving, protests erupted throughout the St. Louis area and across the nation following the announcement that…
Half-hearted case against Wilson a miscarriage of justice
The protests in Ferguson are about a lot of things: they’re about gentrification and the political inequalities that creates, they’re…
Why pi is yummy
For most Americans, Pi has a special place in their hearts. I know that, in my house at least, Thanksgiving…