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Vandalizing the Archive: Trump, Surkov, and the Spectacle of Fake News

September 30, 2025October 6, 2025 trevor chen

“These are just dishonest, terrible people. I’m telling you that, terrible people,” vocalized President Donald Trump at a MAGA rally in Evansville, Indiana, on August 30, 2018 (Right Side Broadcasting Network). These are not just words being thrown around. They are a part of Donald Trump’s continuing effort to delegitimize

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Selling False Hope, Big Pharma’s Art of Exploiting Vulnerability

September 30, 2025September 29, 2025 Miranda Martinez

You turn on the television and one of the first things you see is an advertisement for a new drug. A man walks into a coffee shop, where his order is already sitting on the counter, ready for him. He says hello to his favorite Barista and drops a tip

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The Art World’s Open Secret: Theft

September 29, 2025September 27, 2025 Sawyer Elliott

“Good artists copy, great artists steal” – Picasso (more or less) Art has always lived in the uneasy space between originality and imitation. To create is often to take, to borrow forms, gestures, and symbols that already exist in the world. Theft in this sense is less a violation than

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Collecting Killers: True Crime Memorabilia as Artifacts of Evil

September 29, 2025September 27, 2025 Veronica H

  Photographs taken by killers are perhaps the most unsettling form of true crime memorabilia. Unlike forensic or journalistic images, these photos were often created with intent– the killer consciously framed, staged, or captured the victim in ways that reveal their own psychology. In doing so, they transform the act

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll… and Manslaughter

September 28, 2025September 26, 2025 Nicole Albani

The phrase “sex, drugs, and rock & roll” is usually said with a laugh, as if it’s just part of the wild fun of being a rockstar. But for Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil, that cliché turned deadly. What was celebrated as the band’s reckless image ended with real lives destroyed

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The Psychology of Cancel Culture: Accountability or Mob Mentality

September 28, 2025September 27, 2025 Jace Johnson

In recent years, the new phrase “cancel culture” has become commonly known and has risen due to social media amplifying the power of the public opinion. To define this term, it would be when individuals, often well known, like celebrities or influencers, are socially outcast or boycotted due to their

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Ed and Lorraine Warren: The Frauds and Grifters of Ghost Hunting

September 27, 2025September 25, 2025 Jordan Elise Alfaro

When you start hearing knocking noises and whispers in an empty house… Who will you call? Ed and Lorraine Warren! Ed and Lorraine Warren are a well-known couple in the paranormal industry of encountering haunted houses, dark entities, and possessed items and people. They were called on by families to

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How September 9/11 Shifted America’s Pop-Punk Genre Forever

September 26, 2025September 25, 2025 Warveen Suleiman

Artistically inspired by the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, My Chemical Romance united under the revolutionary passion to pursue music and uplift others. What 9/11 is and how many people’s lives were affected across the nation by international terrorism. The 9/11 Investigation references a

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A Slap Heard Across the Internet: How Brooke Houts’ Career Imploded Overnight

September 25, 2025 Hailey Keegan

One editing slip up revealed the dark side of a seemingly perfect Youtube vlogger, and it would eventually lead to her career’s demise. Brooke Houts posted her first Youtube video on November 23, 2015, uploading various styles of content, whether that be “get ready with me’s”, daily vlogs, or prank

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Art or Exploitation: Maddie Ziegler’s Role in Sia’s Controversial Vision

September 22, 2025 Abbey Bennett

Maddie Ziegler is an American dancer, actress, and model who first rose to fame as the breakout star of the reality series Dance Moms. Recognized for her extraordinary talent at a young age, she quickly transcended reality TV and became a cultural figure when pop artist Sia cast her as

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