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Repeat of Tennessee…In Montana

Repeat of Tennessee…In Montana

Ananda Hoggard-Shannon April 26, 2023

Photo Credit: Montana.gov Not even three weeks after the Tennessee House of Representatives was criticized nationally for attempting to expel three representatives and succeeding with two, at 9:47pm...

The Chandelier Has Fallen For the Final Time

Ananda Hoggard-Shannon April 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Playbill.com On April 16, 2023, the longest running Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera, closed. The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway October 9, 1986. During its almost forty-year...

Feminine Products Inaccessible to Many Women

Feminine Products Inaccessible to Many Women

Yasmin Espinal April 17, 2023

Photo Credit: Science Photo Gallery Website Assorted brands and different feminine care products. Menstruation is a natural process that affects half of the human population at one point or another....

Two Decades After 9/11, American Muslims Still Battle Islamophobia

Two Decades After 9/11, American Muslims Still Battle Islamophobia

Muhammad Shumail April 17, 2023

Photo Credit: AP September 11, 2001, terror attacks was the inflection point for Muslim-Americans, butpost-9/11 ramifications of Islamophobia still corrupts the fabric of Americansociety more than...

An Unhealthy Relationship: Wellness Culture

Julia Becchinelli April 17, 2023

Photo Credit: @zoeunlimited, Youtube The wellness industry has recently become a trending topic on social media across varying age groups. While the popularity of wellness has rapidly increased, this...

There is No Pride For Some Without Liberation For All: Making SUNY Colleges Welcoming For LGTBQIA+ People Should Be the Norm

Luisa Garcia April 17, 2023

Photo Credit: bcbs.com When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all freer,” --Barack Obama. Every day, SUNY LGBTQIA+ students experience harassment...

Saint Theo’s on a Sunday

Yasmin Espinal April 14, 2023

340 Bleecker St, New York, NY   Hours of Operation: Monday-Sunday 5-11 PM Photo Credit: Yasmin Espinal In the upper corner is a pesto pasta, Aperol Spritz, and on the bottom cacio e pepe with...

There is No Pride For Some Without Liberation For All: Making SUNY Colleges Welcoming For LGTBQIA+ people Should Be the Norm

Luisa Garcia April 11, 2023

Photo Credit: bcbs.com "When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all freer.” -Barack Obama. Every day, SUNY LGBTQIA+ students experience harassment...

Anti-Pension Reform Protests In France Show No Sign of Stopping

Anti-Pension Reform Protests In France Show No Sign of Stopping

Vidal Moscoso April 10, 2023

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Nacho Doce Protests in France have been raging on for days with more than a million angry protesters gathering against President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform...

Tennessee is Just The Beginning

Tennessee is Just The Beginning

Ananda Hoggard-Shannon April 6, 2023

Photo Credit: March For Our Lives Twitter Page Peaceful protests outside of the Capitol Building. We are in a dangerous time in America, with more and more legislation being passed around the country...

The Influence of Culture on Gender Identities

Luisa Garcia April 3, 2023

Photo Credit: strategicpsychology.com.au Today, our society is gender diverse. It's critical to recognize and create environments that value and celebrate our diversity in gender identity and to incorporate...

Biden Administration Approves Controversial Willow Project

Kayla Joseph April 3, 2023

Photo Credit: nytimes.com On March 13, 2023, President Biden approved the Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, according to the Wall Street Journal. The region is in the National...

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