Thousands in protest of the recent budget proposal by Republican Gov. Scott Walker are entering their third week outside of the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. In an effort to combat Wisconsin’s multibillion...

"Wahooo," wailed an unidentifiable source from outside the confines of my janky Honda Civic. I was cruising down I-70 last month, in the midst of my 2Pac sing-along to "Brenda's Got A Baby" when I was...

Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said on multiple occasions he disagrees with points in the civil rights act that affect private businesses. Naturally he has received a considerable amount of criticism for his opinions,...

There’s a [clip][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk] floating around of comedian Louis CK appearing on Conan, talking about how ridiculous people are because their misplaced sense of entitlement...

In a Forum section full of letters, columns and editorials calling for concrete action and advocacy against racism and minority marginalization, it’s tragic that my fellow columnist Taeler De Haes chose...

Moving from protests in the Middle East, we are now looking at protests in the Middle West in Madison, Wis. More than 70,000 protestors have gathered outside the capitol for over a week now. This riot...

We stopped off on the left-hand side of the road, leaning our rented bicycles against an old, crumbling stone wall. Leslie got the map out of the canvas backpack I’d been carrying for the past two hours,...

I know what you are thinking: here is another ignorant kid who wants to lower the legal drinking age in order to have easier access to alcohol. I am not proposing lowering the drinking age just to oblige...

We like to see the sciences as pure pursuits; undertakings not affronted by the pangs of bias and slander that curse the rest of the world's endeavors. The sciences are looked upon as noble, rich frontiers,...

Who am I? Strip yourself of the suit case, moving pod, body bag, kangaroo pouch or fanny pack worth of baggage; lose the growl you developed while being raised by a pack of wolves; rewind to a time when...

When we talk about fixing racism in the United States, I’m strongly reminded of the missteps the city of Dubuque, Iowa took in the early 1990s to “diversify” their city. Like most Midwestern cities,...

Something I've begun to notice about the nature of debates - and something I've hence tried to avoid - is how easy one's delivery of an otherwise un-biased thought can arbitrarily make them appear to favor...