The Liberty Bell, the Eagles, Meek Mill, Rocky, Cheesesteaks (wiz wit, obviously). These are all things that comes to mind when one thinks of Philadelphia. History, sports, food and entertainment are all things that come from Philadelphia’s intersection of cultures. But Philly is also known for the street art that pays homage to the cultures […]
The tumultuous 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign may have had more of an effect on the mobilization of the alt-right than you’d expect. Hillary Clinton referring to the Internet-age right-wing movement of Trump supporters as a ‘basket of deplorables’ caused an uproar of memes and mockery online. This, by no means, was the beginning of the […]
“The world is starting to respect the United States of America again,” said President Donald Trump at a campaign rally last year in Alabama. Well, not quite… America’s opinions on President Trump are about as diverse as the people that make up the country. But how has the rest of the world taken to this […]
Like many countries, body art was taboo for a large part of history in America until recently. Starting in the 1960’s, professional tattoo artists began to pop up all across the country and the number has been climbing ever since. As of 2016, it has been found that three in ten Americans have a tattoo, […]
While we’ve seen a number of disturbing accounts of sexual harassment and assault in the news recently, America’s conversation around sexual harassment can be dated back to the early 90’s. In the summer of 1991, a woman by the name of Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas, the George H.W. Bush nomination for Supreme Court Justice, […]
