One of the causes that unite most Americans is the desire to reform the VA-in particular, the healthcare component of the department. Previous presidents have either been unable or unwilling to do the heavy lifting needed to ensure that all veterans receive comprehensive, timely-delivered healthcare. One of President Trump’s bipartisan campaign pledges was to do […]
In 2005, the great comedian George Carlin remarked that the new American pastime is consumption. In describing the people that spend “money they don’t have on things they don’t need,” he calls them “efficient professional compulsive consumers.” This reality should come as no surprise to anyone, and is especially apparent around this time of year, […]
Kevin Spacey, in a now-deleted scene from All the Money in the World (image credit: Variety) The #MeToo phenomenon has resulted in an outpouring of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations throughout the entertainment industry. Besides exposing the “open secret” of sexual abuse in Hollywood, it has necessarily crossed over into Broadway and off-Broadway. Sexual predators continue […]
Omniscience is no longer limited to God and third-person-narration. Earlier this month, the FDA gave a Gatsby-esque green light to the release of the first drug in the United States with an embedded digital digestive tracking system: Abilify MyCite. The pill contains a sensor that tracks and maintains the record of medication ingestion by patients. […]
image credit: Jeremy Daniel Technology. It can be a scary word. Even as technology becomes more entrenched in modern life, many people minimize their interactions with it or even avoid it altogether. Digital technology is complicated and hard to understand, new and improved models are being released more quickly than we can consume them, and […]
Sneakers have always been popular. People wait hours on lines for new releases and interesting collaborations. They have always been part of streetwear and casual wear. This year, however, sneakers are becoming high fashion. I am not the only person who has discovered this ongoing and comfortable trend. In-style Magazine and even Vogue has noticed. […]
Abortion has always been a controversial issue for me because it contradicts my religious beliefs, and personal preferences. Up until high school, I was always that person on the debate team who was against abortion. I thought, how can you kill a child? But the beliefs I had back than have drastically altered over time […]
Word is out. Or rather, the lights are going out on many beloved queer night spots throughout Manhattan. For good. I remember the disbelief I felt when my friend and I were reminiscing on the year that had passed at The Hangar, a beloved predominantly Black and Latinx gay bar on Christopher St., this past […]
It’s been 9 years since Democrats have had a good election night. With the ballots from November 7th all counted, we can now finally reset that number back to zero. While I had presumed that Democrats would win several of the various races this year, I am genuinely surprised to see how strong the “Blue […]
On April 16, 1963 Martin Luther King sat in a Birmingham jail and wrote a letter. In it, he defended to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference his “untimely and unwise” present activities in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Why Birmingham? “Because injustice is here,” he said. Why protest? “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice […]
