A new law in New York City reiterated the American mentality that religion trumps both bodily autonomy and public health.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just reformed some regulations on a Haredi Jewish...
Seven years ago, Samantha Elauf had no idea her life was about to change drastically. Little did she know, she was going to revolutionize the future of religious and cultural justice in the retail world.
In...
The Louisiana justice system is not blind. It’s wide-eyed and paranoid.
State judges are in the crosshairs of an ever-changing public opinion every six years. We are one of 39 states to elect judges,...
The month dedicated to black history has come to an end, but there still is and always will be black history.
In 1915, Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland...
In 2005, a Canadian blogger turned a single red paper clip into a two-story house. You may remember the viral story of Kyle MacDonald. When I first heard it, I couldn’t believe it was real. It was...
Technically, feminism has one definition: the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social and economic equality to men. However, there are many different types of feminism —...
Election talk is cropping up in the media, and the Bayou State is in the spotlight yet again.
I’m not talking about the 2016 presidential election — where, by the way, Gov. Bobby Jindal is...
If you’ve somehow managed to last four years in college without a job, you’ll be surprised how hard it may be not to live paycheck-to- paycheck.
When you get your first job after graduation,...
I started writing this column with the intent of bashing the Board of Regents for not doing enough to prevent sexual assault at Louisiana colleges. It’s just in my nature to immediately criticize...
“The Quad at noon looks like they’re filming Planet of the Apes 3.”
This is what I saw when I opened Yik Yak for the first time. A friend had told me that the app was filled with racist...
How do you protect civilians in war zones from armed drones? The U.S. State Department thinks the answer is selling more drones.
Last week, the State Department published a new policy allowing the sale...
One of the most annoying things a person can ever do is make a turn without putting on their blinker. It makes me want to scream to the top of my lungs and run them over. Yes, that is dramatic, but I don’t...
