Photo courtesy of The Boston Globe Once the darling of Silicon Valley, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed startup Theranos, is currently facing 11 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Her trial is expected to get a ruling sometime after December 17. The public first grew suspicious of Holmes inRead More

Graphic courtesy of Yujin Kim ’23 The 26th Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, kicked off in Glasgow on October 31. The summit brings countries together in an attempt to solve climate problems and accelerate action toward the goals set by the Paris Climate Accord and the UNRead More

Photo courtesy of The Hill In the days since the November 2, 2021 elections, the long-standing, popular media outlets, Fox News and CNN, have been vigorously debating reasons that lead to the Virginia Gubernatorial race “upset” of Democrat Terry McAuliffe by Republican Glenn Youngkin. The wildest claim is that McAuliffeRead More

Graphic courtesy of Brian Yip ’24 The app that has almost 1.9 billion users on a daily basis — you guessed it, Facebook — has undergone a rebranding, but has anything really changed? The new name, “Metaverse” represents a new era in Facebook technology. But while a new name mayRead More

The state of nuclear diplomacy has changed with each administration, determining the fate of geopolitics.

Climate change has become subject to party politics, with Republicans taking a stubbornly harsh stance.

The American Gold Rush of the mid-1800s ushered in a new era of entrepreneurship and self-determination. It was a liberating venture for prospectors into a land  with plenty of opportunities unrestricted by government and politics. Compared to this, the modern day race for “White Gold,” or lithium, is a disappointingRead More

American counterintelligence is in a state of crisis: the New York Times recently reported on a leaked cable (a confidential text-based system) that indicated dozens of informants for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — America’s only international intelligence program — were killed, arrested, or turned into double agents. This informationRead More

On October 8, 2021, 136 countries agreed upon a deal with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to enact a global corporate tax, which has been considered by experts and world leaders alike to be a significant breakthrough in the elimination of tax havens.  Members in confirmation includedRead More