The Dark Sides of the Super Bowl

The Dark Sides of the Super Bowl

Every year, the Super Bowl is the one of the biggest events in the country. It’s not only the most-watched TV broadcast of the year, with over 60% of people in the United States seeing the game, but also the second-highest day for food consumption after only...
Remembering Amadou Diallo

Remembering Amadou Diallo

It was 25 years ago today, on February 4, 1999, that police officers in the Bronx, New York, shot a young man, killing him instantly. That young man was Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old who had immigrated to the United States from Guinea only two years earlier. He was a...
“The Most Horrific Thing I’ve Ever Seen”

“The Most Horrific Thing I’ve Ever Seen”

Last Thursday, the state government of Alabama conducted the first ever execution of a human being using nitrogen gas. The man executed was 58-year-old Kenneth Smith, who was twice convicted of the brutal stabbing of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988. His accomplice in the...