Alex BrûléeDec 3, 2020Branded: The School to Prison Pipeline The harsh reality is school is getting harsher, not easier. Out of school suspensions have more than doubled since the 1970s. From 1974...
Alex BrûléeJul 29, 2020Poor By ChoiceThe Florida Project (2017), a slice-of-life movie on American poverty, was an acclaimed and oscar nominated film that broke box-office...
Alex BrûléeJun 26, 2020Victims of A White Savior The Black Lives Matter movement’s explosion into the mainstream has caused many white people to grow conscious of the inequalities people...
Alex BrûléeJun 3, 2020 Where Zodiac Signs Come FromEveryone has a strong opinion about zodiac signs. Whether you believe in them or consider them a pseudoscience, chances are, you’ve looke...
Alex BrûléeMay 6, 2020Social (media) Distancing I’ve had approximately 9 zoom calls, 5 facetime, and 2 google hangouts today. It hasn’t even hit 2 o’clock yet. While my predicament is p...
Alex BrûléeApr 19, 2020Is Cheating Getting Worse? There is no correlation between intelligence and ethics, only a correlation between unethical behavior and the likelihood of being caught.
Alex BrûléeApr 2, 2020The Good DeathDeath isn’t scary- it’s taboo. But to put it bluntly, something so important to our identities shouldn’t be.
Alex BrûléeMar 11, 2020The 'Tortured Artist' MythThe danger of the ‘tortured artist’ comes in, however, when we address its underlying assumption: to be great, we must also be in pain.
Alex BrûléeFeb 11, 2020Why Heaven Isn't Worth ItAre you a good person if you’re good only for a reward?