Over the past four years, I have come to see the United States of America as a postcard picture of Mount Rushmore. A feat to create, yes, but also a desecration of a Lakota Sioux landmark, the Six Grandfathers Mountain — a tribute to some of the greatest and mostRead More
This summer, as I drove past a row of houses proudly displaying the American flag, I pondered when the symbol of America became so distorted. Has it always been this way? No; when I was younger, I loved celebrating the Fourth of July and dressing up for America Day duringRead More
On January 5, Republicans anxiously watched their television screens as votes poured in across the state of Georgia. With former President Donald Trump P’00 losing the U.S. presidential election on November 3, the GOP set its sights on the Georgia runoff elections, determined to retain a Republican majority in theRead More
Former President Donald Trump P’00 is currently banned from Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms in light of his encouragement of the riots at Capitol Hill on January 6. In a further attempt to muffle Trump’s harmful, violence-inciting rhetoric, Google and Apple have removed Parler, a popular Twitter-alternative usedRead More
Throughout his four years in office, former President Donald Trump P’00 dismantled hundreds of environmental policies, exacerbating the world’s raging climate crisis. The weeks before President Joe Biden’s inauguration have been no different. The Trump administration finalized over 47 pieces of legislation known as “midnight regulations” — policies implemented immediatelyRead More
The moment we’ve all been anticipating is finally here: the arrival of a coronavirus vaccine. With it, however, comes a plethora of questions: how does this vaccine work? What side effects should we expect? Will we be required to take it? The possibility of a federal requirement for the coronavirusRead More
The runoff election taking place in Georgia on January 5 will determine the legislative ability of the Democrats for the next two years: President-elect Joe Biden will either have the power to enact major policy changes supported by a unified government or be blocked due to a gridlock in Congress;Read More
On October 22, Poland’s constitutional court ruled that aborting a fetus due to a fatal abnormality is not sufficient justification for the termination of a pregnancy. Not only does this ruling directly attack a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, but it is also representative of the ever-growing threat to PolishRead More
On Saturday, November 7, major news outlets called the 2020 U.S. presidential election for former Vice President Joe Biden. More than half the country breathed a sigh of relief; the national nightmare that is President Donald Trump’s P’00 presidency was finally coming to an end. When the news came, theRead More
