Just as July ushers in patriotic celebrations and dazzling firework displays on the fourth, it brings to a close an entire month of an equally joyous celebration:LGBT Pride Month.
While the Pride Parade in New York City serves as the biggest celebration—with over one million people turning out for the June 24 parade— D.C.
Ever noticed how sometimes a new pair of Nikes feels a little… sticky? Maybe your Forever 21 shirt smells a little like… sweat? Surely enough, your merchandise is tainted with the blood, sweat, and tears of many illegal immigrants, children, and workers overseas who get paid wages insufficient to meet their basic needs. They are not allowed to organize independent unions, while simultaneously facing health and safety hazards on a daily basis.
In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Potala Palace stands as a monument to Tibetan Buddhist practices, despite the current Chinese occupation and suppression of traditional religion and culture.
“I think with these sexual assault education programs, what we can prevent is a scared girl lying under someone and trying to convince him what he’s doing is illegal.”
These words echoed through the megaphone and onto the American University quad as Nicole Wisler relived her experience as that scared girl.
While the country revved up for another economy-driven election, something unexpected happened: contraception stole the spotlight from abortion as the center of the social conservative agenda.
The main takeaway from the School of Public Affairs’ Political Theory Institute’s “Whither American Education?” inaugural conference: there’s plenty to be done in the field of education.
The conference focused on the goals, means and outcomes of education today, and explicitly noted different ways that this was possible.
