This article includes mentions of sexual harassment and drink spiking. Studying abroad, I was prepared to be in a constant state of shock. As soon as...

I am writing this from my childhood bedroom in New Jersey, which is either a confession or a thesis statement, depending on how you feel about spring break.  Everyone...

Like many, I grew up being subjected to my parents’ favorite music. My dad constantly offered up all of his alternative and progressive rock selections:...

It’s 2026, and if he continues dominating the fan vote, Phil Collins will soon live in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time — this time...

New people are constantly being brought into my circle — either through circumstance, because my friends start dating someone new, or because I finally...

Consider the coffee shop. Not the one in your memory — the one with the hiss of an espresso machine and a door that swings open and shuts, carrying in...

“To a guy like me, the Chinese New Year is just the new year” would not have been an uncommon phrase to read in an Instagram caption last week. That’s...

There is a certain kind of American front porch that exists now only in memory — the kind where neighbors arrived unannounced and children cut through...

In 2016, Emerson College sophomore Bella Aresta saw Justin Bieber with front row seats for $260. Now, that amount barely gets you in the door for most...

Charles Burton has spent more than three decades on death row and is scheduled to be executed March 12 — despite never killing anyone.  In 1991,...

Since rock ‘n’ roll first exploded in the late 1950s and ‘60s, critics have repeatedly declared that “rock is dead,” predicting that newer genres...

Editors note: This article has been updated to add context and clarity. Black History Month started on Feb. 1, yet Emerson College didn’t acknowledge...

It’s a Saturday night in Washington, D.C., and a camera is slowly panning over the glitzy ballroom of the Washington Hilton. In just a few minutes, the...

The number of books someone has read is now flashed online as an intellectual status symbol.  Goodreads, a popular book tracking website and app with...

I recall watching the Winter Olympics in South Korea with my family in 2014, the television glowing long past midnight as we waited for the next game to...

On Sunday night, Bad Bunny did not simply headline the most-watched stage in America. He reframed what we mean when we say “America.”  For 13 minutes,...

Amid federal overreach, corporate greed, and widespread corruption, the past year has seen a lot of talk about anti-consumerism. People are boycotting,...

Like many students, I was not sure of much in high school. But through the storm of college applications, rejection letters, and financial aid, there was...

I was sitting at a wooden two-top facing the door, working through a burger and a Diet Coke, when a couple arrived carrying the January cold in on their...

I’ve been scrolling through my Instagram feed for the past hour, mouth agape in horror, stomach roiling in disgust, as I see updates about what’s happening...