The American Alt-Right is a 21st-century phenomenon and growing movement that originated on the internet. The movement is often expressed through the use of symbols and ideas. In the past few years, the Alt-Right has immersed themselves in an alternate reality as they create their own truths inconsistent with actuality. Our nation is engulfed in political tension, extremism, and even violence amid an epistemic crisis. The Alt-Right has developed explanations for various social and political events, even claiming that members are "Red-Pilled" into another reality. This is increasingly evident in recent events such as the January 6th, 2021 Capitol Insurrection. Even though Far-Right and white supremacist groups attended the event, most attendees arrested at the insurrection were not members of Far-Right organizations. In this study, I attempt to reveal what compelled these members to participate in an alternative reality. I also seek to make sense of the event and explain how this alternate reality sustains itself through borrowing ideas from American culture and creating symbols and ideas that are unique to the movement. I will achieve this by evaluating the January 6th, 2021 Capitol Insurrection through a series of Parler videos documenting the event. I will then use my findings to conclude how the Alt-Right has become enveloped in a self-sustaining alternate reality.

Rehabilitation programs with animals in prisons have become more popular across the United States Furst, (2006). Rehabilitation programs have been recognized for helping reduce recidivism and increase mental health (Furst, 2015; Furst, 2006; Smith, 2019; Jasperson, 2010; Cooke et al., 2014; Cushing et al.,1995; Bachi, 2013; Loeffler, 2016; Mercer et al., 2015; Ormerod, 2008) In addition, to all the mental benefits, the inmate's outlooks on life changed and gave them meaning to their lives (Ormerod, 2008; Hauge et al., 2014; Bachi, 2013; Jasperson, 2010; Furst 2006). Studies have been conducted to see how and why these programs are successful in their rehabilitation programs. In this review, the effect of the companionship of animals and inmates' wellbeing. Those inmates who participated in the rehabilitation programs will be less likely to recidivate and have a better mental mindset.

Although my tenure as Managing Editor has felt relatively short, for me it has been nothing less than invigorating. The first time I had ever heard of SOAR was around the first winter of the COVID pandemic, confined indoors to my home and hundreds of miles away from the campus I was supposed to be at. However, I had tried to keep some semblance of what a student nearing the second half of their undergraduate career was supposed to do, which was to talk about rigorous and meaningful academic opportunities with whichever professors actually knew me. I was unsure of where these conversations would take me as I had only talked to two teachers in the Sociology Department. With one of these professors, specifically Professor Awash, we discussed potential online opportunities for a student who wanted to pursue and prepare for graduate school or other post-graduation work. Out of the several listings he gave, he remembered one called SOAR. He stated, in what felt like a child listening to an elder recall an old mystical tale, about how this had been an academic journal that was the shining example of what a student would want to participate in. After this brief snippet, I was hooked. I asked him “what's going on with the journal now?” He said how, like with most clubs and organizations, they had essentially dissolved because of COVID. If I wanted this journal to be an experience, I had to help rebuild it from the ground up.

While there is abundant research on material theft, there is little investigation on compulsory theft. The present study aims to expand the current knowledge on compulsory theft, substance use, and non-aggressive antisocial behaviors in general. The primary goal of this study is to distinguish people who steal for relief from those who engage in a wider variety of antisocial behaviors and those who use substances recreationally from those who may have substance abuse problems. We will distinguish these individuals by personality traits and general mental health.