Entertainment
Culture and Change at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a modern New York cultural mainstay. Since it began in 2002 as a response to the 9/11 attacks, this springtime festival is devoted to growth, change, and hope in the film industry. This year’s film selection of 98 features is 20% smaller than previous years, making it the most selective…
French Elections: A Barometer of Populism
The European Union is breathing a little more comfortably after the first round of presidential elections in the French Republic. The two highly controversial and surprising political shifts of 2016—the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America—loomed very high over France as voters headed…
Rachel Dolezal Does it Again: Transracialist Visits South Africa
Rachel Dolezal Makes an Appearance Rachel Dolezal has reappeared in the media. Most recall her as the white woman who presented herself as black for about a decade before being discovered and resigning from her leadership position in the NAACP. Living as an African American woman, and now going by the name Nkechi Amare Diallo,…
Our Plastic Oceans
An Ocean of Plastic Surrounds Various Continents Our hydrosphere, already besieged with major issues such as climate change and overfishing, is home to tons of garbage and plastic that could further endanger various ecosystems around the world. According to an alarming study published in April by Science Advances magazine, Spanish researchers discovered a massive accumulation of…