Spotlighting Student Journalism Globally
On November 12, the longest U.S. government shutdown finally came to an end. Lasting for 43 days, the shutdown resulted from a Republican-backed funding bill that most Democrats in the Senate did not approve of, holding...
In 2025, digital technology is no longer just an accessory to politics—it is the architecture. From global power plays to campus protests, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is fundamentally altering the structure, reach, and priorities of politics....
It is no secret that sex trafficking and other forms of sex work have made millions of dollars for the global economy. The “Stripper Index,” a term coined by economists, encompasses all forms of sexual labor,...
When Paul Ingrassia receded his nomination to head the U.S. Office of Government Ethics earlier this week, it was something more than another Washington scandal. The choice, spurred by the release of racist and antisemitic text...
The Foundation: We live in a world where countries strive to assert their sovereignty over every free piece of the Earth they can claim. Maritime environments are no exception. In the South China Sea, ships from...
Throughout history, freedom of speech has never been lost in a single, instant moment. It erodes slowly, when truth becomes disloyalty, and loyalty becomes the only acceptable language. In a country founded on the basis of...
In 1978 Edward Said’s Orientalism was published; he defined Orientalism through an examination of Western scholarship on the “Orient”, which traditionally projected a false and stereotyped vision of “otherness” onto the global East- affirmed by Western...
From Paris to Berlin, ballot boxes across Europe are registering a quiet but profound shift. Parties once dismissed as unorthodox are now shaping national debates, rewriting coalitions, and challenging the European Union. The rise of the...
On September 3, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced in a press conference that every vaccine requirement in Florida schools would be repealed. The legislation includes mandates on vaccinations against diseases, including measles, polio, hepatitis B,...
This year, 2025, marks a decade of marriage equality in America. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court made one of its most significant decisions in modern history, Obergefell v. Hodges, establishing the right to marry...
