Original image created by Nora Rowser   For decades, the United States has vetoed food as a human right in UN resolutions. Time and time again, our country has voted against the welfare of global citizens surrounding food and hunger policy. But now, since our own access to food has come under threat, Americans are suddenly shocked. The truth is that the evidence has been there all along; we have just been too America-centric to see it. You are allowed to be outraged. That is valid. However, we cannot ignore the fact that the human right to food in America…

Coined by John Koenig in his book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, anemoia is a term for the distinct feeling of nostalgia for a time you’ve never known, a longing for places you’ve never been. A short, little-known word, yet it holds more weight in our current political climate than most people realize. In much of President Trump’s political rhetoric, he often refers back to a time of great power and influence in American political history. Even his campaign phrase, Make America Great Again, reminisces back to a time when America was great, an ideal from which we have fallen.…

Ross Douthat, Helen Andrews, and Leah Libresco Sargeant sit down to discuss women in the workforce. New York Times, Nov 6, 2025. Did women ruin the workplace? According to New York Times author Ross Douthat, this is one of the most gripping questions facing our society today. I personally think a better question would be: Did Ross Douthat ruin goatees for men? Did this guy make button-up tops uncool again? We readers clearly have a lot to grapple with. Now, to be entirely honest with you, I feel as though I have worked far too hard at singlehandedly ruining the…

Americans celebrate after the landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images On November 7th, the Supreme Court will be deciding whether to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, a Supreme Court ruling that decided gay marriage would be federally legal. Despite this landmark decision being a turning point for increasing LGBTQ+ civil rights in America, the decision was never codified into law. Some argue that it was a congressional oversight, while others contend that it was intentional. I’ll let you decide for yourselves.  Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) was the U.S. Supreme Court case that…

I am not the first and certainly not the last person to express how disappointing the deep political polarization is within our country today. Part of this stems from institutional barriers, designed to keep individuals fighting each other to encourage diverse perspectives. Our democracy is kept running smoothly by the ability to debate with those you disagree with while respecting their right to hold their own viewpoints.  But what happens when we confuse the right to speak freely with the unabridged privilege to spew hateful rhetoric?  This past week, polls opened for the mayoral race in New York City. Former…