If you know me, you know that I’m more of a juice and tea person than a coffee person. But I would drink Vietnamese coffee (cà phê sữa đá) in a heartbeat, and by that I mean the flavors, taste...

This past August, Chinese ultra-fast fashion retailer SHEIN launched SHEINCares For Animals. Paired with an assortment of cheap T-shirts and tote bags promoting the cause, the campaign pledged to donate...

This summer, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that limits the ability of Texas teachers to discuss certain issues in current events and in history. The bill places restrictions on civics education, stipulating...

With the Supreme Court’s 5-4 approval of S.B. 8, which bans abortion after six weeks, progressives across the country are wondering if it’s a one-off victory for social conservatives or if it’s the...

Despite my anger, grief, frustration and every other negative emotion possible, I’ve had a hard time talking about Texas’ new law largely banning abortions that occur after six weeks of pregnancy....

You’ve heard it all before. What we are currently living through is the most consequential emergency humanity has ever faced. If we don’t meet the climate crisis with appropriate urgency on behalf...

To be honest, I thought that the pandemic situation would have improved by now, but sadly I must admit that, like during quarantine, I still spend an embarrassing amount of time staring at myself in the...

Today, modern American liberalism, for better or for worse, is being defined by “big government” and the belief that government is the cure for all ills. It begets the question of if American liberalism...

As the semester comes to a close, I feel it necessary to talk about endings — hopefully this won’t be my last article. I’ve always thought of the “beat” as something that represents not only...

Most of you are likely familiar with the film “Ratatouille” (2007) as the greatest piece of cinematic art ever created, or at least one of the greatest movies of the 21st century and the winner of...

No matter how old you are or what job you have, there’s a good chance that you use a computer on a daily basis, and in order to tell that computer to do most things, you have to type. Since people started...

Following the tragedies of the Holocaust, the international community proclaimed, “never again!” in what was a promise to never again allow the kind of human suffering that took the lives of over 6...