Today, a state congressman proposes a bill that would require the bible to be read in schools. Last week, another congressman proposed the death penalty for anyone who gets an abortion. And what I onc...

Incoming editorial board member and the Francis Fessler Assistant Professor of History at Butler University, Charlene Fletcher PhD, sat down with Wesley Bishop in the summer of 2024 to discuss her res...

Dear reader, the US is in a bad way. This is not shocking to hear. The constant onslaught of bad news from the Federal government, both the White House and the legally dubious DOGE, is designed not ju...

In the publishing industry, blurbs are somehow both incredibly important, and also meaningless.

Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.

In a blatantly illegal and unconstitutional move, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo on Monday ordering a freeze in federal funding, and repercussions immediately rippled across …

Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”

Rain soaked asphalt Seeps into my soles Sending a shiver up my spine, A frequency mirroring The streetlight’s hum.   We stand confused In City Hall’s barren lot, Empty, save for Aust...

YouTube video by Erik Wernquist - Digital Artist

We must be the inviolate petals, always queering to- ward the sun, must be water on the lips of flaming cities, quenching the husbands, insatiable.

Decades end, not with a date, but with a feeling. We collectively agree that they are over, and then we argue later about what event marked the finale. When did the decade page finally turn? Historian...

Half-Staff Which influencer died and created   this malaise, which city endured   a gunman? The flags look   dead as the crowns...

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A Sedated Dog Tips His Hat Call him Jeramy, since I don’t know his name.   A brittle man, lips pulled inward like he’s sucking lemons. Holds a “will work for food” sign, and tips his ha...

The opening of Public Blackness achieved record attendance. The exhibition that expanded three galleries (Turman Gallery, Yang Family University Gallery and Bare-Montgomery Gallery) located on the c...

The ink was barely dry on the headlines celebrating Congresswoman Sarah McBride’s (D-DE) historic election as the first transgender woman in Congress when the GOP rolled out their anti-trans narrative...

He wanted something I wasn't willing to give. It's MY body. My 'no' should be enough. It wasn't. First, it was a pleading email, followed by an email full of insults and death wishes when I decline...

Death, adolescent friendship, and the secret enclaves that surround us everyday. Read more with this short story by Marc Valle.