The day Beyonce turned black was a tragic day for many white people. The uncomfortable moment when she released “Formation” celebrating her black and Creole heritage and rejecting what is said about...

One glance at the UM System Board of Curators reveals a troubling lack of racial, gender and professional diversity. Of the six current members, there are five white men and only one woman, who is also...

Life is meaningless and the universe is indifferent to mankind. Since most people are taught that there is someone, or something, behind the cosmic curtain running the show, dictating every action we make...

There is a community of people who believe that being black is just an "accidental case of pigmentation," that it isn't a part of your identity at all. This same community of people tends to wish that...

Just when it seemed this month in politics couldn’t get wilder, it did. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) became the first woman and first Latino, respectively, to...

Last Wednesday during full Senate, the Missouri Students Association unanimously passed the Special Election BEC Handbook. Since the new handbook has intentional vagueness to reduce loopholes and opportunities...

The UM System Board of Curators has seen three members resign in three months. Now, we find ourselves with three empty seats in a racially homogenous Board of Curators and a state legislature that [refuses](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/7/um-system-president-talks-progress-asks-patience-a/)...

We all experience certain feelings in our lives. Love, happiness, sadness and terror are universal human emotions. But there is one universal feeling that is talked about less. A feeling of deep anxiety...

Having so many interim leaders attempting to fulfill the immediate needs of MU may make it seem like MU is falling apart, but in reality, it is building itself back up. MU is currently home to 15 interim...

On Monday night, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton breathed “a big sigh of relief.” So did I, but for a different reason. Clinton expressed both relief and gratitude in a speech to her supporters...

In their next meeting, MU’s Faculty Council will vote on a proposal that would commission an independent examination of MU’s relationship with the UM System as well as the possible consolidation of...

The upcoming Missouri Students Association special election is more than merely voting for whomever the MU student body wishes to be president; it will make or break the fragile trust MU students have...