Nearly one year ago, President Biden’s ascension to office alongside a Democratically controlled Senate and House brought with it a cautiously optimistic hope for legislation…
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In 1842, Charles Darwin referred to the Belize Barrier Reef as “the most remarkable reef in the West Indies.” With its gleaming turquoise waters, verdant…
“After 30 years of intensive climate science research, we have sufficient knowledge about our climate system and how it interacts with atmospheric emissions. But our…
The image of a Cathay Pacific 747 on final approach towards Kai Tak Airport, making a sweeping turn over Checkerboard Hill, mere feet above the…
Conspiracies, antisemitism, discrimination, insurrection— these tenets of far-right American politics have always been present and apparent, but today, more than ever before, they construct, influence,…
On October 10, Iraq held its parliamentary elections to determine the members of its Council of Representatives. Just prior to the elections, Human Rights Watch,…
Léone Meyer never had a traditional life. In 1942, she was only two and a half years old when she saw her mother get deported…
On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists stormed the halls of the United States Capitol building. The video crews of newscasters at the scene captured the insurrectionist…
So I said goodbye to all my friends And packed my hopes inside a matchbox Because I know it’s time to fly – Led Zeppelin,…
At the turn of the 17th century, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England passed a sweeping slate of reforms aimed at alleviating poverty.…
In 2019 President Biden released “Joe’s Plan for Higher Education,” detailing his intentions to help Americans access higher education easily. With almost two-thirds of Americans…
In today’s world, information is a valuable currency. While the age of social media has inarguably broadened our horizons and our accessibility to information, our…
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end of a 20-year military presence that is now estimated to have cost $5.8 trillion. Today, the returning…
Trigger warning: rape/sexual assault/women’s rights violations Beijing has confined 1-2 million Uyghur Muslims in “re-education camps” under the presumption of having “free vocational training”…
There are two ways the story of Jerome Powell’s time as chair of the Federal Reserve is commonly told. One narrative goes like this: Powell…
Germany doesn’t elect its leaders based on charisma. Descriptions of Angela Merkel, like many adjectives thrown around German affairs, consist of stoic, calm, and unemotional,…
Nobody said democracy was easy, but the concept of a liberal democracy championed by the US and democratic European nations has taken a massive blow…
New York and San Francisco have quite the reputations for their homeless populations, but there is one key difference between these two cities. Although New…