Featured Sandra Laserna Cowal | 8 Oct 2018 Freedom to Gather: An Ethical Examination of the DePauw Student Handbook Students of color on DePauw's campus lack some of the ability to congregate as students in historically white fraternities just because of where they live.
Featured Desmonda Lawrence | 21 Sep 2018 "This Crazy Anxious World": Racism or Political Correctness? The Australian cartoon depicting Serena Williams at the US Open Tennis Tournament has stirred up a world of vitriol - both for and against "political correctness."
Facebook and the Rohingya Genocide The genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar was greatly influenced by Facebook. 5 Sep 2018 | Amy Elyse Gordon
Insecticidal Tendencies: Insects as Candidates for Ecological Ethics Pesticides have done a lot of harm to our environment, but most of all to insects. Should our ethics extend beyond ourselves to members of the natural world? 28 Aug 2018 | Casey Ford
Reframing Picasso: Hannah Gadsby and "Separating the Man from the Art" Hannah Gadsby's reframing of Picasso's cubism is more than a piece of art criticism -- it's revolutionary. 2 Aug 2018 | Rachel Higson
The Ethics of Deterrence: Australian Offshore Immigration Detention The U.S. isn't the only country with controversial and dangerous immigration policies. Those of Australia have gone on for over 5 years. 10 Jul 2018 | Desmonda Lawrence
To Tip or Not to Tip: D.C.'s Ballot Initiative 77 In the nation's capitol, tip wage versus minimum wage was a point of contention, as Ballot Initiative 77 passed by a narrow margin. 2 Jul 2018 | Kiara Goodwine
Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border The Trump Administration has proposed a variety of excuses for its policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. Do any of them actually hold up? 14 Jun 2018 | Jean Kazez
"Incels" and the Right to be Loved "Incels" argue they are entitled to love, and specifically, to sex. But do their claims really hold up? 4 Jun 2018 | Jean Kazez
Should the NFL's Players Have to Pay to Protest? The NFL's response to the #TakeAKnee demonstrations has revived the debate over patriotism and protest. 30 May 2018 | Rachel Robison-Greene
From Minstrel Shows to The Simpsons: Racism in American Comedy Comedy and satire cartoons are supposed to push boundaries, but all too often, they fall back on deeply ingrained racist imagery. 1 May 2018 | Kiara Goodwine
Searching for Authenticity, Finding Fallacy When we look for an "authentic" restaurant, what do we really mean? 25 Apr 2018 | Andrew Bobker
Who is Welcome at Starbucks? Two black men walked into a Philadelphia Starbucks to meet a friend. Moments later, the store manager called the police. 23 Apr 2018 | Jean Kazez
Does the Right to Self-Defense Give Us a Right to Guns? Does a right to self-defense guarantee access to firearms? 6 Apr 2018 | Jean Kazez
In Washington, D.C., A March Against Fear At the March For Our Lives, young people stood front and center in the fight against gun violence in America. 28 Mar 2018 | Prindle News Hound
In Michigan, A Prisoner Forced to Pay for His Own Incarceration A prisoner in Michigan recently published a major collection of short stories. Now, prison officials are asking him to use the profits to pay for his own incarceration. 6 Mar 2018 | Kelsie Roberton
The Complex, Yet Remarkably Straightforward, Ethics of the N-Word Examining the history and contemporary use of the n-word reveals why it's so problematic for non-black people to say it. 2 Mar 2018 | Byron Mason II
Are Undocumented Immigrants Obligated to Obey US Immigration Law? The debate around the fate of DACA requires an examination of what relationship undocumented immigrants should have to US immigration law. 17 Jan 2018 | Daniel Beck
Ethnic Identity in America: Remembering the Ni’ihau Incident In 1941, a damaged Japanese fighter plane landed on Ni'ihau after the Pearl Harbor attack. What happened next sparked lingering questions about the relationship between national and ethnic identity. 13 Dec 2017 | Alex Layton
Let Them Eat Cake: Public Accommodations and Religious Liberty in Colorado The Supreme Court will soon decide whether products like wedding cakes count as speech, and whether their makers can refuse to serve LGBTQ couples. 11 Dec 2017 | Kevin Guilfoy
Are Zero Tolerance Policies the Solution to Sexual Misconduct? In the wake of the #metoo campaign, some have pushed for zero tolerance policies for those accused of sexual assault. What would the implications of such a policy be? 4 Dec 2017 | Rachel Robison-Greene
A Story Seldom Told: Sexual Assault In Agriculture Sexual assaults do not only occur in the vacuum of Hollywood but rather there are everywhere you look. This article draws attention to sexual assault within the agriculture business. 2 Dec 2017 | Audrey Beale