Krutika Pathi

Growing up in America with an Iranian mother who, after an arranged marriage, came to this country with no agency to pursue an education, I realized how difficult it can be to navigate gender along the lines of culture. It was hard for my mom to…

With an expected viewership of over a 100 million, the first debate was undeniably a historic moment for presidential elections. But quick to follow the first presidential debate is the second one, and it's just as important. The second debate will…

The Commission on Presidential Debates insists on a 15 percent polling threshold to qualify for the presidential debates. For the two leading third-party candidates, the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and Green Party's Jill Stein, all hopes of…

They've been engaged in an electoral battle for a long time now, but the presidential debates between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will bring the two wildly different presidential candidates together on one…

The first presidential debate is on Sept. 26, and if Hillary Clinton's latest ad is any indication of her potential performance, the Democratic nominee is not going to be holding anything back. Released just three days before the debate, Clinton's…

On Tuesday, news broke about another black man being fatally shot by the police. In Charlotte, North Carolina, a disabled black man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot and killed by police. His death comes after a shooting of an unarmed black man, Terence…

Last night, Hillary Clinton sat down with Zach Galifianakis. It was a great interview, but this hilarious chyron from Between Two Ferns stole the show. The entire interview was essentially a cheeky bid to win some more millennial voters, and it paid…

It's been part of the sexist tradition to constantly question Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on her likability. Why does she sound so cold? Why can't she be funnier? Why is her voice so shrill? Why can't she smile more? One way for…

It's not surprising that in the wake of the Sept. 17 bomb explosions in New York and New Jersey, Donald Trump put the blame on the one thing he loves to hate: immigration. He also took up the opportunity to further castigate Democratic nominee…