Shashank Rao

Predicting the Best Picture Nominees for the 90th Academy Awards

The awards are just around the corner, so let's get into which films will make the Best Picture Nominees for the Academy Awards.…

January 17, 2018

Getting a Leg up on Equal Opportunities

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Yale senior Lauren LaMonica is combining her love for public health with her passion for fostering class equity for first-generation and lower-income students.…

January 1, 2018

What I’ve Learned From Having a Stutter My Whole Life

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

What having a speech impediment can teach you about language, communication and self-esteem.…

December 23, 2017

7 New Asian-American Writers You Should Be Paying Attention To

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

These seven writers are capturing the Asian American experience in new and exciting ways through literary fiction and poetry alike.…

December 18, 2017

Advice for the Perpetually Ghosted

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Can't get a text back, ever? Here's how to deal.…

December 14, 2017

One Tragedy, One Victim: Asian Americans Need to Join the Fight

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Why the Asian American community needs to deal with its anti-blackness ideals.…

December 8, 2017

Why Letting a Nazi Speak on Campus Is a Danger to Democracy

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

PC culture might be able to save us from the alt-right and their Nazi leaders, and it's time for college campuses to put their foot down.…

December 7, 2017

This ‘Caged Bird’ Will Sing

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

After creating "Caged Bird Magazine" last year Howard University's Alexa Lisitza discusses her new feminist publication, "The Intersectionalist."…

December 1, 2017

The 8,000 Disappeared Kashmiri at the Hands of the Indian Government

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The Indian army has systematically carried out the disappearances of over eight thousand Kashmiris. Where are the bodies?…

November 23, 2017

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