Politics
The Republican response to the State of the Union Address took place in an eerily empty, dark kitchen, delivered by Alabama Senator Katie Britt. Britt wears a green dress reminiscent of the green gowns the wives wear in The Handmaid’s Tale and speaks with a terrifying intonation and zealous rigor....
Last night, President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address and Republicans felt it appropriate to disrupt his speech and heckle him. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) interrupted the president mid-sentence to remind him of the death of college student Laken Riley. Several other GOP lawmakers told Biden...
The image you see above of Donald Trump posing with African American men and women is not real — it was generated by AI. Did you fall for it? Despite Artificial Intelligence platforms having strict rules against creating misleading political and election data, people can easily use AI to create...
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...
