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Only Lovers Left Alive bites into box office over the weekend

Ally Johnson
April 16, 2014
Nate Scimio was wounded in the stabbing of 19 other people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Penn. Sixteen-year-old Alex Hribal was charged with the attack on April 9, according to The Boston Globe. (Photo courtesy of Nate Scimio's Instagram account)

Focus on selfies unfair judgements of today’s youth

Ally Johnson
April 16, 2014
Emily Yoffe gets it wrong on casual friendships

Emily Yoffe gets it wrong on casual friendships

Ally Johnson
April 16, 2014
Suffolk recognized Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a series of events. Suffolk also offers Rape and Aggression Defense (RAD) courses for women every semester. (Photo by Sam Humphrey)

One month insufficient to address sexual assault awareness

Ally Johnson
April 16, 2014
Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios

Captain America sequel delights Marvel fans opening weekend

Ally Johnson
April 9, 2014

Colbert takes Asian joke too far

Ally Johnson
April 9, 2014
(Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight)

The Grand Budapest Hotel proves to be a classic

Ally Johnson
March 26, 2014
MH370 disappeared March 8. (Photo by Flickr user Aero Icarus)

Malaysia Airlines tragedy highlights media’s poor crisis reporting

Ally Johnson
March 26, 2014
The U.S. government transfers funds to welfare recipients. Recipients use magnetic cards, commonly referred to as Electronic Benefit Transfers (EBTs), at many convenience stores and chains. (Photo by Flickr user Eric__I_E)

Income inequality too wide in Boston

Ally Johnson
March 5, 2014
(Left to right) Jared Leto, who portrayed a transwoman, talking to Matthew McConaughey, who played a homophobic electrician with AIDS. (Photo courtesy of Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features)

Dallas Buyers Club not progressive on LGBT portrayal

Ally Johnson
March 5, 2014
(Photo by Flickr user pvera)

Our fixation with celebrity lifestyle wrongly ignores famous people’s faults

Ally Johnson
February 26, 2014
(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Despite successes, fight for gay rights far from over

Ally Johnson
February 19, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose Feb. 9, The New York Times reported. (Photo by Flickr user Justinhoch)

Celebrity deaths prompt necessary discussion of drug addiction

Ally Johnson
February 12, 2014
(Photo by Flickr user Raffi Asdourian)

Woody Allen immune to criticism, but not awards

Ally Johnson
February 5, 2014
(Photo courtesy of Vagrant Records)

James Vincent McMorrow releases Post Tropical

Ally Johnson
January 29, 2014
(Photo by Flickr user MDgovpics)

Are mass shootings the new normal in America?

Ally Johnson
January 29, 2014
(Photo by Flickr user sbwoodside)

Children’s shows should embrace gay characters

Ally Johnson
January 29, 2014
Photo courtesy of Warner Brother Pictures

New Spike Jonze release introduces moviegoers to a new age type romance

Ally Johnson
January 23, 2014
Photo by Flickr user Nick Sherman

Movie theater security fails to protect public from gun violence

Ally Johnson
January 23, 2014
Photo by Flickr user david_shanloane

David O. Russell just one of many famous forgiven abusers

Ally Johnson
January 23, 2014
Photo by Flickr user afterwicked

‘Kinky Boots’ upsets viewers of Macy’s parade

Ally Johnson
December 4, 2013
Photo by Flickr user Michael Fleshman

Zimmerman, one of many firearm abusers, remains in spotlight

Ally Johnson
December 4, 2013
Former Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali with former U.S. President George W. Bush (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Tunisian women bear the brunt of labor following Arab Spring revolution

Ally Johnson
November 20, 2013
Photo by Flickr user kowitz

Increased violence in PG-13 films reflects today’s culture

Ally Johnson
November 20, 2013
Photo by Flickr user CT Senate Democrats

Gun violence still needlessly taking lives

Ally Johnson
November 13, 2013
Photo by Flickr user LauraFries.com

Netflix wise to scoop up Oscar-worthy documentary

Ally Johnson
November 13, 2013
Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

Film Kill Your Darlings tells the classic tales of college, delivering a few wild twists hiding in the horizons

Ally Johnson
November 6, 2013
Photo by Flickr user LightBrigading

Texas ruling makes it harder for women to find legal abortions

Ally Johnson
November 6, 2013
Photo by Flickr user Christopher Hsia

Victims of Hurricane Sandy still struggling

Ally Johnson
November 6, 2013
Photo courtesy of Capitol Records

“California gurl” Katy Perry shines onto Billboard charts with new album Prism

Ally Johnson
October 30, 2013
Photo by Flickr user San Diego Shooter

Rethinking racist Halloween costume ideas

Ally Johnson
October 30, 2013
Photo courtesy of Glass Note Catalouge Records

Foy Vance delivers breathtaking performance at Cafe 939

Ally Johnson
October 23, 2013

Missouri victim survives sexual assault, suffers insensitivity

Ally Johnson
October 23, 2013
American Apparel continues to sexualize women

American Apparel continues to sexualize women

Ally Johnson
October 23, 2013
Photo by Ally Thibault

Emerson College fails student in sexual assault case

Ally Johnson
October 16, 2013
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Productions

Sci-fi film Gravity draws in audiences

Ally Johnson
October 9, 2013
Sleigh Bells' new album Bitter Rivals

Sleigh Bells excite listeners with newly released album

Ally Johnson
October 9, 2013
Photo by Flickr user Helga Weber

Study finds female self-esteem decreases throughout college

Ally Johnson
October 9, 2013
Photo courtesy of Relativity Media

Audiences’ anticipate Joesph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon

Ally Johnson
September 27, 2013
Photo by Flickr user CT State Democrats

United States must be proactive, not reactive, when making gun laws

Ally Johnson
September 25, 2013
Photo by Flickr user ramesh_lalwani

Opinion: Verdict in on gang rape in India

Ally Johnson
September 18, 2013
Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Star Trek reaches new heights with sequel film

Ally Johnson
June 6, 2013
Photo by Flickr user stevendepolo

Boy Scouts of America lifts longtime ban on gay youths

Ally Johnson
June 6, 2013
Photo by Flickr user ericadamaustin

US still behind in LGBTQ rights movement

Ally Johnson
June 6, 2013
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