Their horrific past and present misbehaviors should lead to a call for their abolition — One day in March 2021, Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old business student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, decided to join his school’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. As a new member, Foltz needed to withstand certain endurance tests, also known as hazing, to pass their standards and be accepted as…

What does a firearm truly represent in America? — Dale Peterson is not an impressive name in American politics. In 2010, he ran in the Republican primary for Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture, but only came in third place. However, in one of his campaign ads, he bragged about his experience as “a farmer, a businessman, a cop, a Marine…

We need valid means to negate the Court’s anti-democratic practices — For American progressives, as well as for those around the world concerned about issues such as guns, abortion, and environmental protection, a series of Supreme Court decisions released in the last seven days of June was certainly a devastating blow. First, on June 23, the Supreme Court held 6–3 in…

This comes back to the meaning and origins of Pride as a social movement — In the United States, June is known as Pride Month, thought to honor, recognize and celebrate the lives and social impact and self-accommodation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer people. For the United States, which has decriminalized same-sex intercourse since 2003 and legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, this holiday…

One of the weakest capital punishment cases reveals significant problems in American criminal justice — On February 17, 2007, the quiet skies of Harlingen, a small town in Texas on the U.S.-Mexico border, were perturbed by the ear-splitting sound of police sirens. Mariah Alvarez, a two-year-old girl, was lying on the ground, her face purple and her chest not breathing. Her body was covered in…

Issues including gay rights and civil rights may be under conservative retroaction — Many still remember the day that same-sex marriage was legalized across the United States. On that date, July 26, 2015, after heated arguments, the Supreme Court announced its decision on Obergefell v. Hodges: under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. …

How can we provide an ideal society with gender equality instead of slipping into extreme liberal individualism or collective egalitarianism? — Note: This article is authored by writer Hou Qijiang in Chinese on the website Theinitium. For those interested in the original article, please consider reading it there and supporting theinitium by subscribing. I am translating this article because I believe more people should have access to it despite the language…

This is not just about Joe Rogan’s controversial show, but his show is a symptom of a greater problem. — Recently, Neil Young, a 76-year-old singer-songwriter who has been active in the Canadian and U.S. …

This riot has revealed the chaos and fragility of American politics once and for all. No one appears to have a sound solution. — A year ago, on January 6, a long-planned riot took place. On that day, the 2020 presidential loser belligerently issued an order to his supporters to launch an attack, likening the reality of his loss to “egregious assault on our democracy” and coercing Vice President Mike Pence, who was counting…