A stateless people: The difficulties of refugees with no official identification

A stateless people: The difficulties of refugees with no official identification

The Rohingya crisis in the east rages on.  The number of Syrian refugees is still absolutely staggering.  Afghani displacement remains commonplace as the war with the Taliban continues. What do these crises have in common?  Stateless people. It’s true, they may or may not be generally recognized as citizens by their governments, but in a world […]

How to act around service dogs

How to act around service dogs

Do the most counter-intuitive thing for any dog lover on the planet: ignore them. During the World Wars, dogs were found to be incredibly useful beyond their capacity for companionship and what they were initially bred for. Since then, schools across the U.S. have opened in an effort to provide people with a necessary medical […]

On this day in history: The death of Che Guevara

On this day in history: The death of Che Guevara

October 9, 1967: Che Guevara is hurled into a hut, shot in the arms and legs with a rifle, then quickly dispatched by rounds to the chest. The man’s face is plastered across t-shirts in universities, painted on walls in Cuba and associated with Marxist images all over the internet.  He is a symbol, no […]