I’ve been called an "Uncle Tom" so many times that I’ve lost count. Sometimes it is in jest, sometimes it's used as a venomous insult.I’ve been called this by friends, strangers and even family....

One by one, states in the U.S. are legalizing marijuana. Twenty-nine states and Washington, D.C. have legalized medical marijuana, though the law in three of these states is not yet effective. Eight states...

Former star and NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his Massachusetts prison cell after an apparent suicide early Wednesday morning.At just 27 years old, Hernandez's death concludes one of...

Since the Industrial Revolution, the fear of machinery and technology destroying jobs has gripped society.At the turn of the 20th century, automobiles brought forth a new era of transportation, simultaneously...

Intersectionality generally is the belief that identities overlap to create a whole. It is often applied to gender, race and social constructs in a political sense.In applying the theory of intersectionality...

Cue up that old DVD copy of "Team America: World Police" for optional accompaniment to this column.While a plethora of important things are happening in the world, tensions between the United States and...

The Chechen Republic, or Chechnya, is a federal subject of Russia in which gay men are being rounded up, repeatedly beaten, forced to report their friends and loved ones, as well as "treated" with electric...

Last week, I saw a column that someone shared on Facebook with the headline “Americans have become lazy and it's hurting the economy.”Now, I’m used to seeing think pieces about how millennial apathy...