With the Sochi Winter Olympics days away, Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, have been thrown into the human rights spotlight. Last June, Russia passed an anti-gay law that would ban “propaganda...

It is nearing the end of winter break, and I am sitting on the top floor of Thompson Library at The Ohio State University. I am looking down at what they call The Oval, hoping to find something I’ve...

“Consent is sexy.” I hear the anti-sexual violence maxim all the time, whether it be on campus, in an article or on a billboard. Indeed, “consent is sexy” is somewhat of a rallying cry among advocates...

On Friday, 230 U.S. delegates will participate in the opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia, when the 2014 Winter Olympics officially begin. Among them are the rookies, including 15-year-old freestyle skier...

_On Jan. 28, 2014, Barack Obama fulfilled one of his most important duties as president of the United States of America: delivering the annual State of the Union address. By now, ABC, Fox, CNN and multitudes...

We’re all taught that there are always three sides to a story: your side, their side and the truth. No matter the situation, it would appear that the truth is some shade of gray, combining truths, lies...

Year 1950: Meet Todd McKid. Todd was eight years old and lived in suburban America. When he grew up, Todd wanted to be in a rock band. When Todd was 10, his dad told him there was no money in music, and...

Before he was known for spazzing out in interviews and becoming the latest “K” in the Kardashian clan, Kanye West made a simple rhyme about the state of racial history in America on a 2006 track called...

Three days before I started my final semester of college, I gave a tour of the place I will soon leave behind. I was showing it off to my uncle, Steve, and 15-year-old cousin, Alex, who were visiting...

“Same old, same old,” I told myself as I sighed and turned off the TV after 2014’s installment of the perennially disappointing Grammys. And in attempts to keep this column on one topic, I’m going...

Phil Robertson’s return to Duck Dynasty this week brought A&E a heavy dose of reality — a 21 percent decrease in ratings for its most popular show. The decrease can be chalked up to the controversy...

Last year, I [wrote a column for The Maneater](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/5/3/gun-control-propositions-arent-perfect-progress-ne/) on gun control and a lobbyist organization, Moms Demand Action...