A Nation Lost
The Trump Administration has me feeling lost. It’s a familiar feeling, yet dishearteningly existential. At first, I was confused about its origins. But, over time, I’ve come to know…
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The Trump Administration has me feeling lost. It’s a familiar feeling, yet dishearteningly existential. At first, I was confused about its origins. But, over time, I’ve come to know…
On May 7th of this year, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was forced to resign amidst multiple allegations of physical assault against women. Among the allegations were…
Since last August, more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims left Myanmar to take refuge in Bangladesh. The issue here is very complex. The Rohingya makeup about 4 percent of…
On October 7, 2018, Brazil held its presidential elections in which 13 candidates fought to win 50 +1 percent of the total votes; however, not one candidate won the…
Research into global health has mostly been thought of, up until now, as a relatively bipartisan issue. Research into the Human Genome has advanced, partially because administrations have given…
Today, the United States of America is officially holding its 2018 Midterm Elections. While these races have been the focus of a great deal of media attention during the…
Today, on election day, several races with national implications are still too close to call. One of those races is in the state of Missouri, a state President Trump…
Singapore has been under an unprecedented amount of limelight recently for a number of reasons. The first, which really thrust the tiny country into the arms of the mass media,…
Nowadays, the political climate only seems to worsen and polarize each day. Bitter, villainizing rhetoric; death threats; and politically-motivated violence is not uncommon.
Since his tumultuous presidential campaign, Donald Trump has utilized rhetoric that has polarized the American public to a largely unprecedented extent. He ran his presidential campaign on a platform…