Slavery has had long a history in the United States, and while it’s believed that it was “abolished” by the 13th amendment, there is one clause that makes a major exception. The amendment prohibits slavery, “except as a punishment for crime,” wherein...
In a way that only a year like 2020 could do, the tragedy-laden year ended with one last piece of bad news. On December 31st, 2020, the wife of rapper MF DOOM announced that her husband had passed away two months prior. MF DOOM, born Daniel Dumile, w...
Paris-based French-Australian Audie B (@audieb) has found herself among the many artists in music having to bring the same energy they would give onstage to a whole new platform itself: social media. Audie B Goes Digital As eyeballs flock to online p...
American fashion designer Alexander Wang has been accused of sexual assault. Sexual Assault Allegations Against Alexander Wang In December, model Owen Mooney came forward on TikTok, describing an uncomfortable encounter in a New York City club where...
After nearly a year of anticipation, “Promising Young Woman” hit theaters on Christmas, around the same time it cracked several critics’ year-end lists. Along with “The Assistant,” “Promising Young Woman” is poised to be one of the emblematic films o...
On Wednesday, a violent mob of the president’s supporters besieged the United States Capitol and managed to disrupt a joint session of Congress that was on track to certify the electoral college votes for President of the United States. Mobsters were...
We are all familiar with the usual form of CBD tincture that usually doesn’t taste the best and can be awkward to consume while out and about. Thankfully, the industry has expanded to edibles which are discreet and easy to carry around. These compani...
A young girl jumps into oncoming traffic, willingly, intentionally, purposefully. This is the final scene in Director Charles Xiuzhi Dong’s short film “After Class.” “After Class” follows a family of two, mother and daughter, living in a cramped and...
There are more than twenty million veterans in the United States. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: National Center for PTSD reports that an average of 12% of veterans has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. An estimated 30% of...
Some public safety risks are impossible to ignore, such as the prevalence of fires on the West Coast or hurricanes in the South East. These dangers are very real and we should be doing all we can to combat them. Yet, there are a number of equally da...
