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When Nick Sandmann and Nathan Phillips faced each other, one fateful image was captured: Sandmann, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and smirking, and Phillips, beating on a drum and singing, positioned opposite each other while…

It is often said that to understand another person, you not only have to put yourself in the other person’s shoes but walk around in them. Anthropology, then, might be the biggest intellectual shoe store you can imagine. Today, on World…

I’m going to be completely honest with you all: no one expects the Super Bowl to flop in viewership. Sure, it was one of the least watched Super Bowls in recent times, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s ingrained in our culture.…

Never having spent much time on public transportation before, I was thrown a little off-guard by the gender dynamics of the metro when I spent my semester abroad in Rome this past fall. I never quite knew how to respond when a chivalrous…

Despite formally banning slavery in the 13th Amendment 154 years ago, an informal version of enslavement exists in Upstate New York. Undocumented dairy farmers are working demanding hours (4 a.m.-4 p.m.) in dangerous conditions and are paid…

The stability of our democracy is in jeopardy.  Congressional approval ratings near an all time low, while our executive branch lacks transparency and accountability.  The integrity of our elections also remains uncertain as we approach the…

When I think of Gillette, I think of men. My dad, my brother, your dad, your brother--they probably all use their products. Of course, you can’t forget about the Mecca of masculinity, Gillette Stadium--home of the New England Patriots and…

Stepping off the Metro, I fumbled with my bright pink poster, doing my best to not agitate the Washingtonians trying not to be blinded by the swarms of pink. I took a moment to throw on, yes, my pink beanie. I was ready to take on the…