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Black influencers vs. the social media wealth inequality
By Eternity Hunter TikTok's 15-second videos seized the world by storm in 2020. With dances, creative material, and popular music. TikTok...
Eternity Hunter
Apr 19, 20227 min read
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The truth of tips
By Jennifer Ashikari It’s a Saturday night, 9 p.m. to be exact, and you’ve been at work since 11 a.m.. You’re finally clocking out and...
Jennifer Ashikari
Apr 18, 202213 min read
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Cancel Culture - a place to call home
By Betsy Caldwell From Dr. Seuss to the Fourth of July, and even John Wayne, anyone and anything can be canceled in today’s online...
Betsy Calder
Apr 17, 20227 min read
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Preachers, private planes and tax-exemptions
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland in a January 2018 video about his Gulfstream V jet. (Kenneth Copeland Ministries Youtube)
Dane Buckhout
Apr 17, 202210 min read
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Unfortunate beliefs about Black women
Being black in America is already hard enough, but being a Black woman is even harder.
Kimbra Owens
Apr 15, 202212 min read
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The rise in cosmetic enhancements is proof our ‘beauty image’ is getting skewed
By Emily Brown Go ahead and admit it. You've scrolled through Instagram, saw your friend's flawless face and gorgeous look and thought,...
Emily Brown
Apr 7, 202210 min read
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Youth in foster care experience high levels of mental health challenges
Due to neglect and child abuse by his biological parents, Marcial Cradick was placed into a corrupt system. It wasn’t jail. It was foster...
Iris Neubecker
Feb 2, 20226 min read
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Unspoken lives of undocumented workers in America
Three women from three different countries, struggling to provide the better life they hoped for while living as an undocumented...
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Jan 24, 20228 min read
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How college students feel about the COVID vaccine
To get or not to get? For many, it's been a big question. Choosing whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine was a no-brainer for many college...
Betsy Calder
Jan 11, 20226 min read
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Putting a spotlight on labor trafficking, the 'hidden crime'
Human Trafficking takes place on every single continent. Labor Trafficking, in particular, is an often underestimated crime happening...
Avery Johnson
May 6, 20211 min read
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Why the COVID-19 vaccine is safe
Christine Guarino, RDH, CMF, CFm, is a business owner of a health facility dedicated to meeting the needs of all women in all phases of...
Brooke Habberstad
May 6, 20218 min read
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Why does America keep ignoring climate change?
Lyndon B. Johnson was sitting in his office on a cold November morning in 1965, going through the briefings of the day after a tough year...
Brianna Weikel
May 1, 20219 min read
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COVID-19 affecting college students' mental health
The mental stress that comes from living through a pandemic is having a major impact on college students nationwide, including at CofC....
Blake Chapin
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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Foster care: Trying to do so much with so little
The foster care system in South Carolina is trying to save nearly 5,000 children but is 1,000 families short. That's just the beginning...
Fern Wooden
Nov 10, 20201 min read
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Making recycling less challenging to do
Think about your daily routine. You wake up, maybe drink some coffee, grab some avocado toast from your favorite restaurant, a plastic...
Lauren Kenney
Nov 10, 20206 min read
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Depression: The invisible enemy
Looking back on the last 10 years, Kate* sees clearly that her adolescence was fraught with depression and anxiety. Now as a 25-year-old...
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Nov 10, 20206 min read
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