Blurred Bylines

During the presidencies of Donald Trump and Barack Obama, global pandemics enveloped the world and affected the everyday lives of Americans from coast to coast. We compare the administrations’ responses to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and H1N1 (swine flu), week by week.

As the early signs of coronavirus hit the globe, some countries, like Vietnam and South Korea, sprang into action. Others, like the U.S., did not, opting to ignore available testing kits and refusing to acknowledge the seriousness of COVID-19 for weeks in an effort to minimize the impact on an upcoming election.  

At their core, spinsters, also called old maids, were professional-minded women who rejected the expectations set forth by Progressive Era society

Once temporary solutions, portable classrooms are permanent fixtures in schools across the U.S. today. Do any laws affect them, and what are their potential effects on students’ health and academic success?

Sadie Roberts-Joseph was a beloved community activist in Baton Rouge who founded the city’s only African American museum.

Taking a more in-depth look at whitewashed movies of the 2000s, from Pay It Forward to Aloha, The Dark Knight Rises to Dr. Strange, and everything in between.