Meredith Thompson
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The Alt National Park Service: Protecting Nature from Corporate Interest
Today marks the anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, which sparked the worldwide national park movement. This significant day in... Read More
Will NASA’s New Discovery Be the Key to Finding Extraterrestrial Life?
This week NASA released news of an astounding discovery—a solar system that may harbor the right conditions for life as we know it. The... Read More
TV Review: The Young Pope’s Godless Confession
The Young Pope, a ten-part HBO drama written and directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, follows the ascension of the young and captivating Lenny... Read More
A Roundup of Reproductive Rights Rollbacks
Reproductive rights in the United States are constantly under threat. Anti-choice advocates are particularly emboldened now with the election of a Republican president and... Read More
More Than Just a Thousand Words: Standing Up for Underrepresented Bodies in Media
From a young age, women are taught by media messages about Western beauty norms that their appearance just isn’t good enough. For most of... Read More
The Sacrifices We Make: Seeing Through Ritual Killings
This year’s worldwide celebration of Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha recently concluded on September 15. For those unfamiliar with Eid al-Adha, the holiday is meant... Read More
He Was Raptured! And Other Tales of Faith-Based Defenses
Can the Rapture get you out of house arrest? Lyle Jeffs, a member of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... Read More