Why We Need Planet Earth Now More Than Ever
Early 2006 brought the world the first high-definition nature documentary series, and one of the most expensive. Ten years later, wildlife enthusiasts were given a sequel: [...]
Articles by Amar Ojha
The French, Plastics, and the Ocean
News broke out recently that France would be taking a major step toward sustainable practices by banning plastic plates and cutlery, a law that’ll go into effect by 2020. [...]
The Refugee Scapegoat
When things start going awry in a country, it becomes all too easy to blame vulnerable populations, and it helps when these populations are shrouded in mystery (read: [...]
The Burkini Ban
Critics of Islam have long touted Western values in the face of feminine oppression and outright misogyny. Of course, many of these criticisms are hypocritical at best, [...]
How Albuquerque Fights Homelessness
Despite knowing better we all too quickly determine that the homeless population has earned itself its fate—addiction, bad decisions, laziness, etc. This serves as a coping [...]
The American Khan
On June 8th, 2004, an orange colored taxi drove up through an American Army compound gate located in Baquabah, Iraq. Captain Humayun Khan was inspecting soldiers on guard [...]
GOP Convention Recap — ICYMI
Donald Trump has officially become the 2016 nominee of the Republican Party for President. And in case you missed it, there’s been a lot that has happened since the [...]
The 2016 Republican Party Platform
Political parties are constantly accused of what they believe in, and these criticisms are often heavily laced with hyperbole and misinformation. But every four years during [...]
Enough is Enough
It has been nearly two years since Ferguson, often remembered as the turning point of the Black Lives Matter movement, but things haven’t improved since then. In fact, [...]
Rape and Murder in OITNB
Netflix’s most watched original series Orange is the New Black has done a lot in four seasons. And while the show receives scrutiny for romanticizing and idealizing prison [...]
