Author: Allison Hess
This Is Not What Democracy Looks Like
“Show us what democracy looks like!” “This is what democracy looks like!” This is one of the many chants that were repeated at a Black Lives Matter protest and sit in that I attended on June 5, 2020. The event was peaceful but powerful. There were 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence to represent how long the officers knelt on George Floyd’s neck, and since Breonna Taylor was miss...
Faith as Biohazard
Can God save you from the coronavirus? Of course not. Do people believe that it can? Absolutely. From throwing events to intentionally expose yourself to the virus to exorcising demons that they say have caused COVID-19, the reaction from believers has been intense. When the pandemic first started provoking shutdowns, social distancing and quarantines in the United States, Americans panicked and s...