Blogs

Tyler McNally | July 15, 2015
After decades of advanced medical research and technology, an American city is now less vaccinated than some third-world countries. Seattle is a…
ashley.rae | July 15, 2015
The website “Everyday Feminism” has published a guide for individuals who are not sure if they’re not sure about their gender identity. “Help! I…
Monica Sanchez | July 15, 2015
After the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) won the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced a resolution demanding…
Craig Bannister | July 14, 2015
The U.S. Chamber of Congress and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) have filed a lawsuit to block the Environmental Protection…
Ben Graham | July 14, 2015
A self-described “DIY Laser Guy” has made the first step towards arming the machines of Skynet in the future. He’s created an extremely powerful…
Jeffdunetz | July 14, 2015
A visibly angry Benjamin Netanyahu took to television to present Israel's response to the P5+1 deal to the entire world. In a televised address …
Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
After a three-billion-mile, decade-long journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reached Pluto on Tuesday, “the first-ever space mission to explore…
anthony.christopher | July 14, 2015
Sara Goldrick-Rab is a professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Like many Wisconsin professors…
ashley.rae | July 14, 2015
As the debate over the Confederate flag winds down, attention is being drawn to another symbol with an allegedly racist meaning: the fleur-de-lis…
Tyler McNally | July 14, 2015
After spending time as POWs in Tennessee during WWII, German soldiers wrote hundreds of letters back to their captors, who soon became friends, but…
Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
Image via Twitter Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had some choice words in response to news of a formal nuclear agreement between Iran…
Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
After years of ongoing negotiations and extended deadlines, the United States and Iran have reached a formal nuclear agreement. In a statement early…
danjoseph | July 14, 2015
This morning, President Obama announced that U.S. negotiators and the European Union had reached a deal with Iran, which, according to Mr. Obama,…
Ben Graham | July 14, 2015
Gov. Scott Walker, who recently announced his candidacy for President, appeared on Hannity Monday night for an hour-long interview. Walker spoke a…
Craig Bannister | July 13, 2015
Pres. Obama commuted the sentences of 42 criminals convicted of cocaine distribution charges today. In all, Obama commuted the sentences of 46…
Jeffdunetz | July 13, 2015
Karen Elaine Johnson, who goes by the nom de plume of Whoopi Goldberg, brought some controversy upon herself last week when she defended Bill Cosby…
Monica Sanchez | July 13, 2015
Fewer Americans are getting married and many are getting married later, research reveals, which sheds light on a significant trend among American…
ashley.rae | July 13, 2015
In order to mock political correctness, a satirical petition is calling for the restaurant Cracker Barrel to change its name to “Caucasian Barrel…
anthony.christopher | July 13, 2015
Earlier today, Mexican drug lord and prison escapee Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had some words to say to Donald Trump: Translation: "There's no…
Ben Graham | July 13, 2015
Hungarian Pianist Bence Peter is probably the musical prodigy of our time. He’s been playing the piano since he was three years old and has been…