Winning elections requires political candidates to convince a majority of constituents to vote for them. Many make promises and constituents expect their champion to uphold campaign promises. After all,...

The conversation on whether you can separate the art and the artist is hotly debated in social media comment sections whenever a new scandal involving a popular artist pops up. In the age of cancel culture,...

Individuality doesn’t exist because of the external world, the one we do not control. Our sense of self is a product of our genes, culture, stressors and ecology. When we come into this world kicking...

It seems that every mass shooting in the U.S. follows the same chain of events: shooting, media blitz, candlelit vigils, politicians on cable news promising change they will never deliver and those unaffected...

Writer's block. That dreaded moment when you are finally ready to work on your term paper, but cannot find words to describe your thoughts. Yet, this problem that every college student will at some point...

Many schools, restaurants and other businesses have shut down due to COVID-19. While some Americans are losing jobs, others in the entertainment industry are doing just fine. From actors being allowed...

The rise of the American far-right has been directly fueled by nationalism. Extremists have been particularly egged on by former President Trump’s nationalist rhetoric. His claims of American exceptionalism,...

In his dialogue, “Ion,” Plato explores the mastery that poets have pertaining to their subject matter. This story is about Ion, a poet claiming mastery of Homer’s poems, confronted by Socrates who...

App State is an environmentally conscious campus. In 2019, the university was awarded a “gold rating” of 73.93/100 by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System and in 2018, the Faculty...

Chadwick Boseman’s death was a tragic shock to Hollywood and the world. In less than a decade spent on screen, the acclaimed actor brought his luminous talent to a host of iconic roles. From his breakthrough...

Last year was filled with political protests, COVID-19 shutdowns and social isolation. Among some of the chaos, people found ways to publicly shine light on and express their beliefs. Many musicians wrote...

What if I told you the issue that has plagued humanity since its inception doesn’t exist? No, I am not discussing disease, war, or famine, since these all exist historically and persist to the present....