The United Kingdom may soon become the first country to support the creation of a baby using DNA from three different people. Known as the three-parent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) method, the revolutionary new process involves the mother and father of a fetus along with a female egg donor. Though it[Read More…]

While many Americans were watching the George Zimmerman trial last week, actor and hip-hop recording artist Yasiin Bey shocked the world by allowing himself to be force-fed on video. Formerly known as Mos Def, Bey agreed to work with The Guardian to show the public what prisoners in Guantanamo Bay[Read More…]

Victory! The fight for marriage equality for same-sex couples has come to a stop — for the moment — in California, and it’s about time. Like all good things, there cannot be victory without some naysayers, and in this case, recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have brought about[Read More…]

To those who say discrimination ended long ago, think again. As we speak, a small group of Sikhs in America are facing obstacles when it comes to joining the armed forces. Since 1984, Sikhs have not been allowed to serve in the military because of their unshorn beards and length[Read More…]

When confronted with the phrase “illegal sterilization,” images of crude, clinical techniques often come to mind but are immediately shelved away. After all, it’s 2013 and a barbaric practice like forced sterilization has been out of the public eye for decades, since the repealing of a law in 1979 effectively[Read More…]

An unlikely pair, it appears that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and Tom Hanks’ character from “The Terminal” have much in common. Snowden, the man responsible for leaking information about the extent of government surveillance on phones and electronic devices in the U.S., is currently in legal limbo[Read More…]

Pipe dreams do come true, given enough time. More than a decade since California voters agreed to codify the scope and application of the medical marijuana industry, the road to complete marijuana legalization is well underway. According to the Huffington Post, more than 50 percent of Americans believe that marijuana[Read More…]

Let’s face it: America isn’t what it used to be. The U.S. that boldly declared its independence, created a model democratic government and fought against some of the world’s greatest atrocities no longer exists. Instead, we are left with a country that is plagued by political deadlock, crippled by a[Read More…]

To many college students in California, “affirmative action” is a rather foreign concept. Through Proposition 209 seven years ago, California voters banned affirmative action at all public universities, meaning most — if not all — current Cal State University students never heard of it during their admissions process. The same[Read More…]