Gun Control: A Shot in the Dark? America’s Complicated Gun Debate Kara Waite Government, History Statistics of gun violence coldly quantify a reality of American society: 467,321 Americans were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey. In...
The Papacy: A Primer on the Changing Papacy Anna Redmond History, Religion Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last Thursday—and for anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock, this is big news. The last time a Pope stepped down was over half a millennium ago, in 1415; this was...
Black History Month: From Negro History Week to Post-Racialism? Natashia Deon and Athena Lark History, Society & Culture In a recent video post on Upworthy.com, social commentator/comedian, Louis CK (who is white) was interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Louis CK joked, “Every year, white people add a hundred years...
