Most Racism Is Mundane

Most Racism Is Mundane

This spring, the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus has been the site of several heinous acts of racism: An Asian student was spat on and a black student received a note with obscenities and racial slurs slipped under her door. The university is, of course, taking...
We Still Need Black History Month

We Still Need Black History Month

Carter G. Woodson was born in Virginia, 10 years after the fall of the Confederacy. Working as a sharecropper and a miner, he rarely had time to attend school until the age of 20. But he sure made up for lost time. Woodson would devote the rest of his life to...
When College Athletes Do the Corporate Hustle

When College Athletes Do the Corporate Hustle

For thrilling sports action on television, it’s hard to top the sheer excitement of bowling, isn’t it? No, not that game with 10 pins. I’m talking about the passion and pageantry of college football’s bowl season. America’s elite, powerhouse...