When President Trump decided to run for political office in 2015, his campaign took a hardline stance against illegal immigration. His aggressive rhetoric has appealed to the nation’s fear that immigrants steal jobs, abuse welfare, and reshape national identity. Because of these fears, unregulated immigration has become the center of the national conversation. According … Read more
In April 2016, Beyoncé surprised fans with a new album, just months after a performing a Super Bowl halftime show that paid homage to the Black Panthers, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and even Malcolm X. While the album was praised as an ode to black womanhood, Lemonade focused on the personal story of the … Read more
Two weekends ago, almost one million people descended on Washington, D.C. in one of the biggest protests in the capitol’s history. The target of the protest, dubbed the March for Our Lives, was America’s lax gun regulation, the product of years of advocacy by gun rights lobbying groups and intransigence by lawmakers. The march, and affiliated … Read more
What do you do when you discover a new ocean? The Arctic Ocean may not be a secret today, but climate change is quickly turning it into a new frontier. Before, ice was a huge barrier to exploration, development, and shipping. Now, with climate change warming the Arctic two times faster than anywhere else on … Read more
Over 10,000 civilians are dead, and 17 million more are in crisis or emergency food situations in Yemen, according to the World Food Program. The banking system has fallen apart, the nominal government remains powerless, and the World Health Organization estimates that 14.8 million people lack access to basic health care. The Yemeni Civil War … Read more
The Nile is commonly considered to be the longest river system in the World. Originating in Lake Victoria and the Ethiopian Highlands, it covers about 6000 kilometers before reaching Mediterranean Sea. Although it is not naturally navigable, the Nile provides fresh water to its riparian states for irrigation and domestic use. For this reason, however, … Read more
Thursday, February 8, 2018, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) rose from his seat to speak against his own party’s budget bill. “The reason I’m here tonight,” he began, “is to put people on the spot … I want them to have to answer to people at home, [if] you were against President Obama’s deficits, how come … Read more