Last weekend I spent my Halloween at Amnesty International USA’s Midwest Regional Conference in Detroit. When I told several friends and coworkers that I’d be in Detroit, many of them responded with...

CheersCheers to everyone who voted in this midterm election. People can argue that a single vote doesn’t make a difference, but every ballot can shape the future.Cheers to everyone voted into office....

Last week, I wrote a column about being an atheist. I never once tried to sway people into atheism, nor did I attack religious groups. I simply talked about atheists as a minority. However, after reading...

The issue of illegal immigration is one of the hot button issues facing voters in the election tomorrow. It has always been an issue of contention with politicians and the people who reside in this country...

Maybe you saw it, the phrase set in white, two-foot block letters against the grassy slope along the Cartwright Hall parking lot.It said: “I WAS ALL LIKE REALLY.”It was a piece by local artist Billy...

Last Saturday, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held the first-ever “Rally to Restore Sanity/or Fear” on Washington D.C.’s National Mall. Billed as “a rally for those who have been too busy to go...

Like any spunky, imaginative little girl, I must have gone through about 50 different names as a kid, depending on who my fictional hero was at the time. I wanted to be called Ariel, Ramona, Matilda, Belle...

We are amidst an economic crisis that is two years old. Unemployment, which is worst in black and Latino communities, is nearly 10 percent nationally. Working people’s homes continue to foreclose at...

As an exorbitant amount of news hits the stands, er, Web browser, every second, there is a continually urgent agenda pushed on everyone with a pulse. Speak quickly, speak effectively and speak often —...

In this less-than-sexy mid-term election, student votes might be more important than ever. Our generation can shift the weight of the electorate, and we hope it will.Two years ago, we watched students...

Over 215,000 people gathered to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, which goes to show that rational people still exist in America these days.An estimated 215,000 people gathered in Washington...

It was Sunday afternoon in Massillon, and the heroes were out saving the world from high priced comic books. I was on the scene in my nicely ironed black pants, my light blue button up and my brilliant...