Four years after the onset of a crippling global pandemic, the American school system has reached a tipping point. COVID-19 brought unprecedented social and economic upheaval, disproportionately affecting students from low-in... More »
North Korea conducted three nuclear tests between 2006 and 2013, but this rate has intensified to three tests in the past two years alone. This threat of unchecked nuclear escalation has led to an all-time low in U.S.–North K... More »
A newly published international report confirms global warming has damaged coral reefs throughout the world’s oceans. The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 published by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN),... More »
This is derived from an Analytical Politics assignment by Rimjhim Agrawal, Sief Salameh, Jahnvi Agarwal, Riddhi Kankaria.On Jan. 25, 2011, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square for a “Day of Revolution” to... More »
In November 2011, a group of hackers called Guardians of Peace (GOP) attacked Sony Pictures networks in condemnation of The Interview, a satirical movie which targets Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea. Despite the GOP cl... More »
The concept of a sharing economy, which includes businesses such as Uber and Airbnb, enables people to utilize an item or service without acquiring actual ownership. While its increasing popularity brings benefits to users, i... More »
The murder of George Floyd, committed by a former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer in an extremely gruesome and heinous fashion, caught the world’s attention and shed light on other unjust slayings. However, police... More »
The United States has long weaponized infectious diseases to direct racialized, derogatory epithets and to justify unfair treatments toward immigrants. In San Francisco, from 1900 through 1904, Chinese immigrants were subject... More »
The discussion around pretrial risk assessment instruments (RAIs) in the U.S. has become increasingly politicized and polarized. Initially celebrated for their supposedly impartial and accurate risk predictions, RAIs have inc... More »
As the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said, “All students deserve access to safe, supportive schools and classrooms.” Today, these privileges remain out of reach for many. Since the 1990s, disciplinary action and exclu... More »