Following the Aug. 8 search by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump, transparency on the part of government operations has been called into question.  The saga has since continued...

Xenophobia. It's the term used to describe the discrimination or prejudice against people from other countries. It is something that has always been around but is rarely given the attention it deserves.  There is a difference between racism and xenophobia....

The weather is slowly shifting from the warm summer months to the chilly breeze and changing fall leaves -- unless you’re living in Michigan, where the weather is 80 degrees on Tuesday and on Wednesday it's raining and 50 degrees. Changing leaves,...

Recently I dusted off my Letterboxd app. I wouldn't consider myself a movie buff in the slightest, but I am able to enjoy true cinematic masterpieces (of course, this excludes any of Tarantino's movies).  Part of me wanted to go with something in...

We got to the Greyhound bus lines a little after 12:00 p.m. Sunday. I squeezed my mom tight, gathered my belongings and said I’d shoot her a text when I got back to Grand Rapids.  Due to the unreliability of my F-150, the weekend saw me heading...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, crime rates have surged throughout the United States. Reports and portrayals of crime - more specifically violent crime - draw a near-constant focus in news coverage at a local and national level. As we attempt...

It is not news that Roe v. Wade (1973) was overturned by the Supreme Court this summer. A case that has had a prominent space in U.S history. A case that provided the foundation for numerous other cases that fought for rights pertaining to the LGBTQ...

Abortion is rising to be one of the most prominent issues for voters in the midterms as Michigan officially put the right to have an abortion on the November ballot. This creates a new urgency and emphasis on the value of a single vote for a collective...

As you might have heard, Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, after being only the sixth female monarch and the longest to reign in British history. She witnessed 14 U.S. Presidential elections, countless wars, Beatle-mania and the invention...