Dear Rep O’Rourke, Congratulations on your recent discoveries and the impact they’ve had on you accordingly. As a historian with a genealogical focus, I am all too aware of the impact such documents can have. I also applaud you for naming the article after the slaves, and Noh your ancestors…

It’s July, and thus America is gearing up to celebrate its metaphorical birthday, this coming forth. As are many, I am looking forward to the festivities — cookouts and fireworks — and invaluable time with family. Hold up though: Before we celebrate anything, we need to have a conversation. The…

“President” Trump, Over the course of March, you put forth a plan to reduce the budget of the EPA by an astonishing 31%. You have made it adamantly clear that you place no faith in the scientists who consistently remind us, that the effects of climate change are catastrophic. The…

Last year there was an initiative pushed in San Francisco, to lower the voting age in local elections to 16 or 17 years old. The campaign for Proposition F, the legislation being proposed, did not pass however, keeping the voting age of San Francisco in line with the traditional 18…

Today is July 23rd: We look around and see the momentum of back to school ads ramping up, the summer sun continues to scorch us to a crisp (at least in the South, that is), and the final memories of summer break are being soaked in, by the sponges called…

Good time of day readers, My name is Shaquan McDowell. I am 19 years old, awaiting my twentieth birthday in July, and as you may be able to guess, I am a college student at Brandeis University. I am originally from South Carolina, raised in Atlanta, and I currently run…

The Case of Fisher v. University of Texas: Why The Constitutionality of UT’s Admission’s Policy Continues to Be Called Into Question Concern’s with the Fisher Case on social media, seem to situate themselves on Fisher’s mediocrity. Fisher’s individual case is not the reason we are at the Supreme Court, rather…

I wrote this letter in early March of 2015 following a conference. The words remain applicable, in this hour. Dear People, Since I was young I’ve believe that the State of Union is the only state that we could exist within. That because it was “better” it was “best”. That…

The other day in my Comparative Politics course, at Brandeis University, we were analyzing the way in which Civil Society mattered in fostering Democracy. Although this is not the focus of this piece in particular, it’s highly important in understanding the context of our conversation. As we looked at positions…