Super Tuesday, a critical juncture in the 2024 presidential race, unfolded with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump emerging as dominant figures in their respective party primaries. Spanning over a dozen states, the primaries and caucuses showcased significant wins for both candidates, reinforcing their paths toward securing their...
In the entire history of the U.S. presidency, there have only been four presidents who have been impeached. Impeachment, defined by Oxford Languages as “a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office”, is one of the most controversial and scandalous occurrences that can be brought against...
Addiction is a disease, and Hunter Biden, the second son of President Joe Biden, suffers from that disease. We should not be demonizing the younger Biden for his struggles with addiction, a disease that affects an estimated 46.3 million Americans. Recovery from addiction is not always linear; relapses are very...
Should we allow a former president who has been indicted in four criminal cases to run for reelection? For the first 234 years of this country’s history, no American president or former president had ever been indicted. However, former President Donald Trump faces four felony charges in Washington, D.C. for...
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has been responsible for making landmark legal decisions and setting precedents in our society for centuries. As the highest court in the land, the individuals who are appointed hold an innate responsibility to the wellbeing, protection, and advocacy of the citizens of...
In a highly controversial move, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos that are preserved for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are “akin to children”. The court voted 8-1 and cited religious reasoning in their concurring opinion. While this decision stems from the fact that embryos are in fact human...
Well-known ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Maria Pevchikh, revealed that a two-year negotiation for a prisoner swap was in its final stages on February 15th when Navalny died the next day. Navalny was set to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian hitman serving a life sentence in...
Since July 1, 1971 after the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, the U.S. has set the national age to vote at 18, recognizing the civil duties and responsibilities of citizenship that were being fulfilled by individuals who were younger than their state-designated voting age. This age has...
$1.2 billion of student loan debt is set to be forgiven by the Biden administration for over 150,000 borrowers, per an announcement Wednesday. The repayment program, known as the SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) Plan is scheduled to aid borrowers who have been making regular payments for at least...
While world leaders directly place the blame on Vladimir Putin for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, former president Donald Trump did not outright condemn Putin. In fact, his statement posted on Truth Social was rather confusing and polarizing. Trump, who received backlash and criticism for his praise...
Intergenerational and interclass debates and divides have always provided plenty of entertaining, outlandish, and downright frustrating takes from one person to another on why issues stand the way they are, and how to fix them. In a workforce that was rocked to its core by a global pandemic, hybrid-remote revolution,...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died Friday in a Northern Russian penal colony. Prison authorities report that Navalny “felt unwell… almost immediately losing consciousness” after a brief walk. His wife, Yulia Navalnaya, called on “all people of the world” to demand justice for her husband’s death. She continued to say,...
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