Blame is a fundamental human instinct. It’s one that protects our self-image but can also often undermine our integrity. When faced with failure, discomfort, or guilt, many people instinctively look ...

With COVID-19 running rampant in the United States, criminal justice systems have needed to respond to the virus as well. For one, as reported in NPR, California has been releasing thousands upon ...

Early Wednesday morning, a tragedy happened in the city of Urbandale, Iowa. At 1:06 a.m., witnesses called in shots fired on a patrol car. Urbandale police officer Justin Martin was found shot and ...

The rise of mass shootings has become a topic addressed at the dinner table. Parents don’t feel safe after the Florida school shooting which took place February 14 a day of love and kindness which ...

According to Keck Medicine of USC, 1 in 10 Americans ages 12 and over are struggling with alcoholism, and rates of heavy alcohol use have increased by 20% from 2018 to 2020. These are not just ...

At first glance, AI seems to threaten that skill. After all, why bother learning to write a five-paragraph essay when a language model can do it faster? Why struggle through understanding physics when ...

Social media is filled with headlines praising K-pop fans and idols for allegedly supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement through a black box or a donation. News of BTS and their fans donating ...

In February, students in Beverly Vista Middle School were investigated by the Beverly Hills police department for creating fake nude pictures of their classmates. School and district officials ...

The 1995 documentary film “The Shadow of Hate” expressed the history of oppression, discrimination, violence, and hate in America. The narrator begins with a scene in Pennsylvania on a summer day in ...

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The pacifying hums of the road engulfed my synapses throughout the June bus ride to the Golden State’s capital, a jet-black curtain enshrouding anything and everything along the lonely interstate.