New York is the United States’ principal city and the most populous urban area in the nation. It serves as one of the world’s financial and cultural capitals, to say nothing of the political clout -- the United Nations is headquartered here and several presidents have called New York and its surrounding areas home, including... Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This article is meant to educate the audience white supremacy and white nationalism. It is not meant to express support nor sympathy for it, only to study and understand it. White nationalism and white supremacy have been in the news heavily lately in the wake of protests and counter-protests nationwide. Some of the... Continue Reading →
Jackson, Mississippi has a long and storied history. Having had its beginnings in the aggressive conquering of the Choctaw people of the region and subsequent treaty violations and violent removal of its people, it was built on the backs of slave labor. Named for Andrew Jackson prior to his presidency, the city’s beginnings were anything... Continue Reading →
The United States has become an increasingly urbanized society over the course of its history -- reaching a tipping point just after the turn of the 20th century when urban dwellers outnumbered rural folks for the first time in the nation’s history. New technologies and changing economics made it so that there were more job... Continue Reading →
It can be difficult to understand the magnitude of events as they are occurring. Seemingly large events at the time can seem underwhelming when viewed through the lens of history, and others may seem like business as usual but may have repercussions for years, decades, or even centuries to come. The presidential election of 1896... Continue Reading →
Omaha is often a forgotten city by those outside of the region. Situated on the border of one of the reddest states of all, Nebraska, and one of the more conservative leaning blue states, Iowa, it is often overlooked by coastal elites -- the epitome of flyover country. But Omaha is also a sprawling metroplex,... Continue Reading →
Healthcare has been one of the defining issues of both the current and previous presidential administration -- if not the last dozen. When President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he signed over the nation’s economy and health to both the IRS and the big insurance companies. What was billed as a beneficial... Continue Reading →
Being transgender anywhere in the world can be difficult. As a population, trans people face discrimination at much higher rates than any other group, they are often maligned or mocked in mainstream culture, and violence committed against them occurs with alarming frequency. They also have higher incidences of mental health issues , including suicide --... Continue Reading →
Gun rights are a tricky prospect in the United States. On the one hand, gun violence in the country has a long and tragic history full of millions of dead bodies. But on the other guns have also saved untold millions more lives -- to say nothing of the fact that the American Revolution itself... Continue Reading →
Illegal immigration has been in the news quite a lot lately, thanks primarily to President Donald Trump and his push to wall off the southern border with Mexico. But while many express concern about immigrants coming in from an economic, a security, or even a cultural standpoint, there are several myths out there about those... Continue Reading →