Spooky season is upon us. As we inch into an election-year October, headlines get scarier by the second.
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Advocate for Transparency
“Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny.” — Robin Morgan
Sensitivity Shrouds Virtue
Moral intimidation and militant grandstanding among students have helped cultivate policies of appeasement in higher education that do little more than further corrode their integrity and intellect.
Microfinance Has Macro Problems
Art by Kris Harper Microfinance, or microcredit, is a type of financial service and poverty alleviation tool that focuses on providing small loans to those living in extremely poor regions of the world. The loans are intended to provide capital to individuals in order to start a small business such as farming or sewing, which […]
Nepal is Broken
Photo by Liam Kelly The earthquakes that rocked Nepal on April 25 and May 12 had a ripple effect around the world. Almost immediately after the event, many countries came together to aid this small, unsuspecting nation tucked away in the Himalayas. However, not all was as it seemed. Nepal was my home for the […]
The Realism Behind #JesuisCharlie
The news they won’t tell you
