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Pride 2022: The Continuing Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights
April marks the University of Maryland’s Pride month, as students will go home mid-May and will not be on campus during National Pride...
Hazel Montgomery-Walsh
May 1, 2022


Legacy: Is Empire Just?
…The West Indies, Jamaica, Australia, Sri Lanka, Malta, Myanmar, Cyprus, Hong Kong… At its height, the British Empire controlled 25% - a...
Jahnavi Kirkire
May 1, 2022


Answering America’s Stereotypes for Asian Americans
In myriad ways, Chemistry, by Weike Wang, is a Frankenstein of racial stereotypes. The protagonist narrator is a Chinese-American PhD...
Perry Lu
Apr 25, 2022


Beneath the Surface: What the United States Can Learn from Skin Care Around the World
As the world shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the realm of skin care ignited. During stay-at-home measures, increased...
Shree Bhattacharya
Apr 24, 2022


The Great Resignation
Earlier this year, on April Fool’s Day, it appears it was Amazon who were made the fools when, despite all their negative rhetoric on the...
Adam Zaiser
Apr 24, 2022


Poetry and Patriotism: Walt Whitman’s “Election Day, November, 1884”
Walt Whitman was an American literary powerhouse. His unabashed patriotism and his signature brand of free verse place him chiefly in...
Emma Behrens
Apr 24, 2022


Ophelia, Evelyn McHale, and Gwen Stacy: How a Patriarchy Portrays a Tragedy
Beauty before tragedy: A scene played out upon canvas, a beauty who floats effortlessly down a river. Her eyes as glossy as perfect blue...
Jenna Burtch
Apr 24, 2022


What About Periods During Incarceration? A Brief History of Women’s Health in Maryland Prisons
Women’s health has been glossed over for centuries. Whether we credit advancements by the 1973 decision in Roe vs. Wade, or to the...
Hazel Montgomery-Walsh
Apr 17, 2022


Visibility for the Viscountess: Why Representation Matters in Television
Anyone keeping up with entertainment news would know that season two of Bridgerton has taken over social media. The popular Netflix show...
Divya Vydhianathan
Apr 17, 2022


Warping Reality: The Effects of Social Media and Video Manipulation on Self-Perception
Social media has become a pervasive influence over the years, drawing in over fifty percent of the world's population. Existing as a...
Emma Benjamin
Apr 10, 2022


20th Century War Posters to Modern Day Infographics: Artistic Media to Control a Nation
Since the first World War, Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter have taken their place as house-hold names in many American homes. Their...
Jenna Burtch
Apr 10, 2022


“We gon' be alright,” Hip-hop and Protest
In the murky July heat of 2015, a crowd had amassed in response to the police questioning of a 14-year old Black boy for supposed...
Alex Kaplan
Apr 3, 2022


The Past Isn't Female - But the Future Is
Identity can be quantified in a variety of ways. In the past, the aspect of identity that mattered the most was gender. Gender has always...
Jahnavi Kirkire
Apr 3, 2022


Free Ukraine, but Free Other Nations Too
On February 24th, 2022, Russia violated Ukraine’s sovereignty, and its on-going invasion efforts have led to cataclysmic outcomes. It is...
May Soe Min
Apr 3, 2022


Two Years in Review: COVID-19 and Racial Disparities in America
Two years ago, the United States shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the past two years have not been the same for...
Beverly Bolster
Mar 27, 2022


"Middlemarch" on Political Reform
I am under no illusion that you will read Middlemarch. Published in 1872, the 850-page tome is a stunning meditation on the human...
Emma Behrens
Mar 27, 2022


The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: A Lesson in Economic Warfare
On February 24th, 2022, Russia began to invade Ukraine from the south east. The first targets were the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk....
Adam Zaiser
Mar 13, 2022


The Struggle for Democracy in the United States
On Wednesday, I had the honor of going to Montgomery, Alabama and marching ten miles of the Selma-Montgomery march, led by Black Voters...
Alex Horn
Mar 13, 2022


One Nation Under God?: The Entanglement of Church and State in America
America has always taken pride in being “the land of the free”. Freedom is such an important ideal that it has its own place in the First...
Divya Vydhianathan
Mar 13, 2022


Feeling Safe in the World: A Small American Shift to Harm Reduction for Drug Addiction
“I was a 17 year old girl with no hope for the future. I had resigned to the fact that I was going to live and die as a drug addict.”...
Alina Kahn
Mar 6, 2022
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