How much would you be willing to pay for your life? If you’re one of 3,100 young Americans living with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), the current asking price is $475,000. In August of 2017, the FDA approved a groundbreaking gene therapy to treat this specific type of cancer. The treatment is called Kymriah, and […]
Archives for December 2017
Throughout the Years: Winter Olympic Outfits
The 2018 Winter Olympic outfits are out, and they are the most unique outfits to date. For the sixth time in a row, Polo Ralph Lauren has been chosen to design the Winter Olympic outfits. The multibillion-dollar American fashion brand, founded by Ralph Lifshitz, has designed every set of Olympic outfits since the 2008 Beijing […]
Power to the People: Can Michigan Crack the Redistricting Code?
On November 8, 2016, Michigan voters lined up to cast their ballots. They lined up from Detroit to Kalamazoo and from Marquette to Adrian—the last chapter in a spectacle of a presidential campaign that had seized the nation’s attention. Some watched in horror as the numbers started to come in, others with cautious optimism. When […]
Mainers Lead, Legislature Stumbles on Ranked-Choice Voting
America is a country whose identity is uniquely tied to its system and ideals of governance and society. We are not bound to each other by centuries of shared tradition; we are bound by our shared belief in freedom, equality, and opportunity. It is these ideals that form our national patriotism, and a democratic system […]
What Taylor Swift Got Wrong This Time
To say that Taylor Swift’s image has changed over the course of her career would be an understatement. Since her first album came out in 2006 she has grown up, and her brand has documented her growth. Along the way, she’s dealt with a series of public criticisms and feuds, most recently with Kanye West, […]