Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a historical bill to advance statehood for Washington, D.C., acknowledging that the capital’s 700,000 residents lack proper representation in Congress. However, the same could be said for over 3 million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico, who have for decades been in a similar struggle to no … Read more
This article was co-written by Miroslav Bergam, Lucy Ding, Erin Guetzloe, Kodi Obika, Dominic Skinnion, Yao Yu, and Amy Zhou. Introduction With election night quickly approaching and the threat of COVID-19 presenting a compelling case for facilitating mail-in voting and allowing for delayed results, many are looking to polling data and election forecasts as a means of … Read more
On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the Buy American and Hire American executive order with the stated goal of safeguarding American jobs. Since the pandemic, the Trump administration, Department of Homeland Security, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services have been repeatedly using the most harmful versions of xenophobic, “immigrants steal jobs” rhetoric to … Read more
The protests which shook the world this summer have left U.S. cities and their systems rattled by the shouts and demands of justice for Black Americans. From Minneapolis to Chicago, Los Angeles to Louisville, and countless other major cities, we have seen mainstream news and social media coverage of individuals demanding police reform. These calls … Read more
Imagine sitting in an audience in a theatre, waiting for a musical to start. The lights go up and a cheerful song starts playing. Actors cluster onto the stage, and you notice something rather unusual. Some of the performers are in wheelchairs, some are using other aids, and some are only using sign language. You … Read more
The origin of street art is as mysterious and obscured as the people who create it. Historians have traced its roots back to the 1st century B.C.E. when Roman citizens scribbled messages to each other on the dry brick walls. Yet, it wasn’t until the French Revolution’s iconoclasm era, when rebels defaced high-end art to … Read more
When it comes to flood myths, China’s is not as well known as Noah’s Ark, but just as influential. Legend says that four millennia ago, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers frequently flooded, with devastating consequences for the ancient Chinese. However, salvation arrived when a distant relative of the emperor, Yu, united the region’s disparate tribes, … Read more
In an ideal world, a global pandemic would lead to unprecedented international cooperation. Similar to the unity of citizens following a domestic terrorist attack or natural disaster, countries would join hands to develop a global response to a pandemic using shared resources and knowledge. In a fight for humanity, enemies would become allies and borders … Read more
The start of quarantine was rocky for Masada Siegel, a freelance journalist with a 4-year-old son. Writing for CNN, Siegel shared that although she initially strived to complete schoolwork and play with her son during the day, those activities became impossible as household and work responsibilities piled up around her. Instead of teaching out of … Read more
In January of this year, Senior White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway raved over what she saw as one of the finest achievements of the Trump administration, saying, “This has not happened through coincidence, it’s happened through causation. It’s owing in large part to a whole-of-government approach … led by President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, … Read more