WashU let me down. Programs like bystander intervention and the Title IX office are supposed to protect survivors, but they did little for me.

We see so clearly how incessantly capitalism and white supremacy work together when corporations use Breonna Taylor as a marketing strategy to gain profit. What we may not see as clearly is how the grip of capitalism prevents us, as individual agents, from resisting white supremacy

The ability to narrate one’s unique perspective effectively while also appealing to the higher masses has always been a useful skill for journalist Aisha Sultan.

For musician Kishi Bashi, American society needs more omoiyari. Although there is no direct translation of omoiyari from Japanese to English, it is often roughly translated as “empathy.” According to Kishi Bashi, however, the word is better characterized as “the idea of creating compassion towards other people by thinking about them.”

“DAMN.”—in addition to the quality of the music itself (which is amazing)—is so full of symbolism and metaphor that each song could have an entire paper written about it.

Every year, the Super Bowl is a landmark American cultural event. It’s a corporate bonanza of multimillion-dollar commercials and grandiose halftime shows. The game itself unifies and divides cross-sections of American society based on the geography or perceived values embodied by the two teams and 106 players.