This past week, Russia introduced a bill banning “homosexual propaganda among minors” to its parliament. While the description of the newly-illegal action is vague, its ramifications are not. In the...

The Violence Against Women Act was originally passed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. This act was drafted by then-Senator, (D-Del.) Joe Biden. The purpose was to provide additional funding for law enforcement...

Sex is shameful to us. It’s an occasion for losing control, for the convergence of personal intimacy and animal desire. It fills us with aversion and guilt. Despite our exposure to sexualized media...

Cyclist Lance Armstrong, after vehemently denying for years that he had used performance-enhancing drugs, finally came clean on Jan. 14. The media immediately went into a frenzy. People were understandably...

The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution clearly asserts there shall be no cruel and unusual punishment administered to any one person. If the document outlining the beliefs of our nation...

_The West Wing_, written and produced by Aaron Sorkin, is one of the most prolific TV series based on the American political system. Even today, the issues addressed in the series are incredibly relevant....

The women of Pinterest have created a space in the [dark world](http://www.4chan.com) [of the](http://www.reddit.com) [Internet](http://www.lolcats.com) for romantic photos, elaborate desserts, D.I.Y....

The presidential election last November brought instrumental advances for the LGBTQ community and its allies. With the reelection of President Barack Obama, the U.S. will have another term with the only...

As a columnist, I get paid to share my opinions on politics. However, I'll be the first one to admit that sometimes people should keep their opinions to themselves. Such was the case on Sunday night,...

When my little brother was four years old, he and my dad had a nightly routine where they would do some father-son bonding in front of the TV right before bedtime. One night, likely sometime in December,...

“Sí se puede” isn’t just the famous line from a Disney Channel original movie; it means so much more. It’s a motto by which Mexico has been striving to achieve for the past couple decades. The...

We’re students, not economists, but if you had to choose, do you think our global economy should serve as an instrument for short-term profit or one for long-term prosperity? Hopefully most of us would...