Before anything else, I am Brazilian. I was not raised in a Republican or Democratic family. I did not grow up in a country led by George W. Bush neither am I directly impacted by most of Obama’s policies....
Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old teenager who was arrested after teachers at his Texas school mistook his home built clock for a bomb has made recent headlines. The use of certain terms to describe Ahmed...
The U.S. Census Bureau announced Wednesday that, while median household incomes and official poverty rates remain stagnant, more Americans have health coverage. Employment-based insurance isn’t helping...
Ageism is something that no one quite knows how to address. On one hand there sits the decade-old customs that, arbitrary as they might be, were put in place for good reasons. On the other rests a predicament:...
As nearly any controversy does these days, on Monday an incident in Texas sparked a social media movement on Twitter that’s still trending as of Wednesday.The situation ignited a debate on whether...
Eric Schwitzgebel
Los Angeles Times
• September 16, 2015
Philosophy professors in the United States have all heard of Confucius and the Daoist Laozi. Many have also heard of their approximate contemporaries in ancient China: the later Confucians Mencius and...
Deflategate is (finally, mercifully) over with the lifting of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension, and people are not happy about it.The overwhelming response to this was that the Patriots got away with...
In recent years there has been much debate over cargo pants. The trend is most commonly worn by the male population but it is particularly disputed amongst women when speaking about men. The rumors you...
CLEVELAND (AP) — By the time Indians manager Terry Francona hops on that motorized scooter he rides from his downtown apartment to Progressive Field on game days, his mind is racing and his stomach's...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media giant is working on a dislike button, allowing users to give a “thumbs-down” to statuses, photos videos and other content in addition...
Gender is over. I saw this phrase printed on Laura Jane Grace’s tank top when she played at House of Blues with Against Me! in June. For anyone who doesn’t follow music as obsessively as I do, Laura...
Say this for California's landmark bill which would reduce carbon emissions: It doesn't lack for ambition. At the same time, it shows the pitfalls of relying too much on regulators instead of the market.The...
