Our laws can help — but won’t save — victims of police brutality from racism.
The most marginalized groups often suffer unjust experiences with law enforcement. People of color, LGBT...
Technology revolutionized our world, giving access to more information than ever before. While technology’s advancement certainly benefits society, how far is too far?
Toyota is the latest car manufacturer...
In the wake of countless tragic shootings,Congress finally came up with a solution to end the spread of gun violence and other forms of mass terror: reforming the mental health care system.
Shootings are...
When I was 17 years old, I stood on a chair in my childhood home, tied a noose around my neck and stared up at the ceiling in my bedroom, preparing to hang myself as tears streamed down my face.
I felt...
Forty-two years after the American Psychology Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder, the government finally released a report against gay conversion therapy for minors.
The Substance...
As the worldwide leading cause of preventable deaths, cigarettes should have less of a hold on our society.
This week, Democrats in the U.S. Senate made the bold proposal to raise the national smoking...
It’s time everyone get educated on what “Black Lives Matter” actually stands for and stop looking for ways to co-opt it.
Lamar Advertising Company, based in Baton Rouge, has donated more...
Parenting is daunting, and not everyone is up to the task.
The stress associated with raising a child is monumental. A recent study by an economist at the University of Texas at Austin translated “stress...
Gay students pay for a night bus system that discriminates against them and provides limited safe options for local nightlife.
Students pay fees for Tiger Trails to take them to bars designed to serve...
When I was 12 years old, I spent the night at my grandma’s house watching the “Scrubs” episode about Turk’s risqué dreams of Elliot. In one of those steamy scenes, already...
We all know the romanticized image of the All-American family: two parents with two kids, a dog and a minivan behind a white picket fence, mom cooking dinner when dad returns home from a day at the office,...
The first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 season was a passive-aggressive spit-fire show and a stark contrast to the Republican circus with Donald Trump for a ring-leader.
The most iconic moment...
