The top 1 percent earn $500,000 or more — a great income. Most people only get to that level after many years of hard work, and quite possibly the accumulation of serious debt to fund their education and build their business.
Of course, there are people who make more than $500,000...
Pierson Cepeda, Web & Social Media Assistant Manager
• February 23, 2016
When I hear talk of equality, people often measure its standards in terms of the United States of America and the rest of the world.
Equality is not necessarily a bad ideal on which to build a country. Ideally, equality assumes that everybody has the same status, rights and access....
Throughout recent months, activists have taken to the streets and social media to spearhead the Black Lives Matter movement, only to be confronted with the “all lives matter” response.
Out of context, the phrase “all lives matter” promotes equality and respect. In response to...
By Kat Diltz
Staff Writer
Innovative, strong, brave and unique. These are the words that come to mind when I think of the American women of today.
Women are fighting for equality among men, joining the military and fighting social stigmas, proving that everyone is beautiful in their own way....
By Charla Lopez
Contributor
Women’s roles across cultures and across time have been transformed and adapted. Before the masculine structure of society and religion, there was a sacred powerful role that women held and ruled from.
Shamanism is regarded by various sources to be the original...
By Danielle Wisdom
Contributor
Growing up, I was blessed to be surrounded by strong, incredible, educated women who showed me at a young age what it looks like to be successful as a woman in the world. Looking back now, I realize that my sisters and my mother were showing me what it looks like...
By Stephanie Ruby
Contributor
As a woman living in contemporary American society, I would say I have abundant opportunities. This might seem a bit cliché considering that America is the “land of opportunities,” but it is nevertheless true.
I have the ability to freely pursue both an education...
By Jacqueline Robinson
Contributor
We cannot ignore the fact that women’s voices are still consistently marginalized.
But to hold that feminism belongs only to women, or that only women can be feminists, creates brash assumptions, ostracizes enormous number of supporters and implies that anyone...
By Tiffany Trent
Staff Writer
Feminism is a word that typically evokes a lot of emotion and opinions in people. Whether those emotions are positive or negative depends on the person and their views.
Even in today’s progressive society sometimes people are embarrassed to identify themselves...
