COVID-19 John Hacker-Wright | 14 Jul 2020 Individualism in the Time of COVID: The Rights and Wrongs of Face Masks Whose rights are at stake when businesses require patrons to don face masks? How should we define the boundaries of our individual freedom?
Higher Education Andrew Cullison | 13 Jul 2020 ICE Ruling and Universities' Autonomy The new Immigration and Customs Enforcement rule usurps the ability of universities to define what is and is not a relevant piece of a student's academic experience.
Is Biden Trapped by Identity Politics? Is identity politics threatening to further fracture our fragile bonds or is it the path to reconciliation? 8 Jul 2020 | Roman Altshuler
White Skins, Black Masks: Voice Acting and Representation Combating the underrepresentation of people of color in the entertainment industry is an important goal, but the way we go about it is equally important. 6 Jul 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Universities and the Burdens of Risk College campuses prepare to welcome students back this Fall, but is there any such think as a "safe" re-opening? Who is to blame if such plans fail? 2 Jul 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Undoing White Privilege Identifying and disassembling the institutions of white supremacy will require a concerted effort. What does allyship require? 29 Jun 2020 | Desmonda Lawrence
"Defund the Police": A Powerful if Ambiguous Slogan Abolishing law enforcement as we know it could mean many different things. Can the history of the police force give us direction in where to go from here? 25 Jun 2020 | Alexander Spencer
When We Forget Our Dignity George Floyd's murder and the subsequent protests and continued violence against protesters and police speak to numerous violations of human dignity. How can dignity be restored? 8 Jun 2020 | Prindle News Hound
Slow and Steady Wins the Race; or, How Not To Confuse Efficiency with Expediting The virtue of patience is being replaced by expediency. But what marks the appropriate time to sidestep procedure? 27 May 2020 | Evan Butts
Utilitarian Arguments During COVID: A Symptom, Not the Answer The question of where we are, how we got here, and what we should do now is more complex than our current conversation admits. 11 May 2020 | Matthew S.W. Silk
A Time for Re-Imagining The current crisis offers a rare opportunity to reexamine and revise the economic, political, and social structures that define our worldview. 4 May 2020 | Desmonda Lawrence
Graduation: A Moment of Upheaval How can graduating seniors overcome their feelings of loss, regret, and lack of closure? By looking at the ways we are and are not bound by time and our sense of identity. 1 May 2020 | Prindle News Hound
US Exceptionalism, Foreign and Domestic The Trump administration has redefined the role of the federal government and our understanding of who it operates on behalf of and what kinds of collective interests it pursues. 24 Apr 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Pandemic Sacrifices: It Matters Who Dies and Why How do we balance the loss and suffering caused by the pandemic against the hardship that awaits in the economic recession? 20 Apr 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Racial Health Disparities and Social Predispositions The ambiguity in the Surgeon General's remarks communicates a troubling message further complicated by the public position from which it was delivered. 17 Apr 2020 | Tucker Sechrest
A Stoic's Guide to Crisis Our current predicament requires that we reassess the way we understand ourselves, or lives, and our relation to this world. 9 Apr 2020 | Prindle News Hound
When It Comes to Privacy, We Shouldn't Have to "EARN-IT" The push to hold Facebook and Pinterest accountable for illicit material circulated by private users on their sites may also undermine our internet privacy and put limits on free speech. 31 Mar 2020 | Alexander Spencer
To My Fellow Students and Our Institutions: Just as in the case of climate change, it seems we have a difficult time organizing to combat an unseen threat. Is education the answer? 26 Mar 2020 | Haley Thompson
The Politicization of Disease The current pandemic is but another opportunity to observe the perennial conflict between private interest and public good. 25 Mar 2020 | Tucker Sechrest
Further Questions for Universities Closed by COVID-19 The unexpected and rapid migration of college courses to digital platforms is bound to bring difficulties. 23 Mar 2020 | A.G. Holdier
A Boulder Rolls Downhill When something like a virus strikes and jars us from the pacifying monotony of our daily lives, it's easy to be confronted by the Absurd. How should we respond? 20 Mar 2020 | Evan Butts
Panic Buying and the Virtue of Compassion Trying times test us physically, emotionally, and morally., but it's important to remember that we are not alone. 17 Mar 2020 | Desmonda Lawrence
