When traditional monogamy failed Jessica Saunders, she looked for something different. When she realized that, for her, there is no perfect match between two people, Saunders turned instead to polyamory...

Editor's note: After facing harassment due to her role in the BDSM community, Larissa's last name has been removed from this story.  Instead of letting a sexual assault control her life, Larissa decided...

While brick-and-mortar bookstore chains fight with online shopping giants like Amazon.com for the bookselling market, independent bookstores quietly thrive. With new storefronts sprouting while the...

There are three things in Daniel Borzutzky’s life that he keeps up with daily: taking his nine-year-old son to school, teaching classes and reading. Though a writer by trade and nature, writing is...

When Lady Gaga took the stage for the Super Bowl LI’s halftime show, viewers worldwide stared at their TV screens waiting for an overt political statement about President Donald Trump. They didn’t...

Katie Keenan stands behind the bar at Hemingway’s Cafe on Thursday night, in front of a bar packed with mostly students overflowing the bar stools and infringing on each other’s elbow room. Keenan,...

On a tour at the Carnegie Museum of Art, six visitors sat in front of a painting of a somber landscape, talking. The painting’s dark colors signal an impending storm as a group of chickens stand...

Lauryn Hill continued her long string of canceled shows and late appearances at Heinz Hall Tuesday night, feeding into the stereotype that top-notch fame comes with top-notch arrogance. The R&B...

Instead of eating animals, Sarah Krause paints them. Krause became a vegetarian at age 13 and vegan as a first-year student after seeing “Cowspiracy,” a documentary about the meat industry’s carbon...

When I was still new to veganism, all I posted on social media were facts: “useless” male chicks are often thrown into grinders or suffocated. More than 30 millions cows are killed every year to feed...