Glitz and glamour are rumored to be in the city. Fame and fortune are waiting to be found. People tell you to come to Hollywood, where stardom is easily found—or so they say. The city streets bear witness to the state of her heart. It is full of those who struggle to make ends meet. It’s full of...

In the wake of an Iranian-sponsored attack on vital Saudi-Arabian oil facilities, President Donald Trump announced tighter sanctions on Iran. Despite the fact that these sanctions are unlikely to bring about any meaningful change, the United States should continue to enact them.  HOW LONG HAS THIS...

“So what do you want to do after you graduate?” is a question students often face. Generation after generation, young adults are expected to be just as successful as their relatives. The way society has changed makes it hard for careers to remain the same, which makes it hard for generations to accept...

Another day, another impeachment charge. Since President Trump took office in 2016, it seems like every few months a new scandal arises, begging inquiries of impeachment. This should not come as a surprise, given Trump’s shady morals, and this time much of the American public is over it. Robert...

“This law is a GAME CHANGER,” wrote Lebron James in a Twitter response to the Fair Pay to Play Act proposed by California Sen. Nancy Skinner. The bill would allow college athletes at California colleges to earn money from the use of their names, images and likeness for promotional purposes. On Sept....

Strawberry, blueberry, mint and cotton candy clouds exhale from the lungs of teenagers. Electronic cigarette companies pocket the dollars of youth addicted to putting an e-cigarette to their lips, inhaling and letting the nicotine-induced product fill their lungs until their head feels a rush. There...

(This story was originally published in print on Sept. 19, 2019). Immigration has been a hot topic during Donald Trump's presidency as many of his reforms seek to prevent illegal immigration and tighten the Southern border. This causes Americans to shift their focus toward two types of immigrants:...

(This story was originally published in print on Sept. 19, 2019). The crisis of refugees arriving at the U.S. southern border cannot be ignored. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, in recent decades the majority of migrants arriving at the southern border were adult men seeking work, but...

Two weeks ago, Jarrid Wilson, an associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, died by suicide. Since then, the discussion of mental health among Christians has become more prominent than before. Two years before his death, Wilson was interviewed on a podcast hosted by the...

I vividly remember when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. I was seven, and my siblings and I set up a lemonade and cookie stand down the street from our parent’s house to donate toward disaster relief. My siblings and I probably raised no more than $80––and even that is being generous––but...

Where is the line between self-improvement and self-acceptance? This is a tension I see played out often, especially in Christian circles. Christians often feel the call to be glad in the perfect creation God made them to be, but there is also an equally insistent reminder of our own brokenness and need...

Student journalists at Liberty University have been silenced. Last summer, The Washington Post reported that administrators at the university, under the leadership of President Jerry Falwell, have censored journalists at Liberty’s student newspaper The Liberty Champion by interfering with coverage,...