Last week, a friend of mine approached me, frazzled, and told me about a professor who had claimed there is no longer a gender pay gap in the United States. After doing some research, I learned that unfortunately, this kind of thinking is not so unusual: many commentators, including those representing reputable sources, have claimed … Continue reading
Senate says no collusion between Trump campaign and Russia Both Democrats and Republicans on the senate committee investigating the 2016 Presidential Election have come out and said they have found no evidence of direct collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. As the investigation draws to an end, senators are stating there is no … Continue reading
Anyone who has followed what is going on in the state of Virginia, knows the state government is collapsing. To start off, a picture of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from his 1984 medical school yearbook shows possibly him wearing “black face” makeup. At first, Northam admitted to being one of the people in the photo, … Continue reading
It’s not hard to clean up your social media. As a matter of fact, it’s simple. Go on Twitter, type in your handle and follow that with the offensive word/slur of your choice, and if anything comes up, delete that tweet regardless of when it was written or how old you were when you wrote … Continue reading
The media and what it portrays helps paint our view of the world, our opinions of one another and structures what our culture deems as acceptable. Pause for a second. Ruminate. Reread that sentence. Upon reading the sentence you may have shrugged slightly or yawned of boredom. Sure, media influences us, but who really cares? … Continue reading
In the past decade, the leisurely activity of reading has slowly been replaced by the entertaining aspects of phones and computers. But this does not necessarily mean that young people are reading less. It may just mean that the activity of reading is manifesting itself in a different form than the traditional physical style. In … Continue reading
A year ago, net neutrality was everywhere in the news, as the Federal Communications Commission pushed to roll back Title II—a law which prohibits Internet Service Providers from regulating how consumers use the internet. Most consumers felt this change from the FCC would negatively impact how Americans accessed and used the internet. Now, Europeans are … Continue reading
Extreme Winter Weather Sweeps Across the United States This week across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, dangerous temperatures below zero are set to strike through Thursday evening. According to CNN, “between Tuesday and Thursday, temperatures will plunge to 20-40 degrees below zero in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes,” Hennen said. “Wind chills will … Continue reading
In the five weeks that the government was shut down, the United States economy lost at least $6 billion, which is over the $5.7 billion that President Donald Trump estimated it would take to build the wall at the border. Late last week President Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks while congress … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news. 1. GOP keeps Senate, Democrats take house in midterm elections Midterm elections are officially behind us and many of the results came in as expected. With the house having a five in six chance of going to the … Continue reading
