The legendary band Earth, Wind & Fire is best know for one of their mega hits, “September,” which was released in late 1978. Recently, country-pop artist Taylor Swift released a cover of the hit exclusively on Spotify. This sparked a huge outrage amongst Twitter users, as her name was trending on Twitter the entire day […]

Looking past the crisis Pepsi experienced with its commercial with Kendall Jenner, these tweeters wanted to have their voices heard on the “#cokevspepsi” taste debate. I prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi every single time, but let’s see what other people had to say. Here are the Coca-Cola lovers: I don't really know what the debate is, […]

On Friday, April 13, 2018, the United States accused Syrian president Bashar Al Assad of using chemical weapons to poison his own people in an attack on the town of Douma that left around 70 people dead. As a response, U.S. President Donald Trump, along with the U.K. and France,ordered air strikes on alleged chemical weapons […]

On April 12, two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting to meet a friend. They hadn’t bought anything while waiting. The friend showed up during the arrest when the store’s manager called the police. #BoycottStarbucks is a recent example of movements and activism being spread through Twitter. Using the hashtag as […]

Andy Slavitt served as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama late in his presidency. Earlier this year, he launched an initiative called The United States of Care (USoC). Slavitt’s team promotes USoC via #HealthcareOverPolitics. Here is my column on the background on why we launched @USofCare today. It’s to put #healthcareoverpolitics […]

There are plenty of dietary restrictions out there today (think: pescetarian, gluten-free, low-carb). None, however, seem to catch flack as much as veganism. To go vegan is to eliminate all animal products from one’s diet – a hardcore vegetarian, if you will. As a flexitarian, a person “whose normally meatless diet occasionally includes meat or fish” […]

After the horrific Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida, many people in the US have argued again whether #guncontrol laws are still too loose. No actual promotion of sensible #guncontrol. Just misleading questions and false accusations. We need universal background checks, a new assault weapons ban, gun buyback programs, & reforms to our mental […]

“A Quiet Place” follows a family who must live in silence in order to evade creatures who hunt by sound. Since the premiere of the horror film, moviegoers have taken to Twitter to share their thoughts. Many tweets praised 15-year-old actress Millicent Simmonds who plays Regan in the film. The character Regan is deaf and she is portrayed by […]