How Winning the Election Became Trump’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card By: Ingrid Schrag When New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge on January 10, he didn’t just make history – he exposed a fundamental flaw in our justice system that allows electoral victories to nullify criminal accountability. Trump was […]
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Implications of Cooperation
The threat to US interests by a Sino-Russian Alliance By: Abby Brown China and Russia have been fortifying their partnership, raising concerns about the security of US interests, NATO, and global democracy. The two nations recently established a “no limits” alliance, which encompasses significant trade, cooperation and mutual economic cooperation. Russian President Vladimir Putin also […]
Mysterious Drone Sightings
A rising threat to privacy in New Jersey By: Viena Desai Over the past few weeks, over 100 drones have been spotted in New Jersey, raising the question: How far is too far regarding safety and freedom? The recent mysterious increase in drone sightings in New Jersey is part of a dangerous rise in surveillance […]
Institutional Neutrality
The answer to the free speech crisis currently on college campuses By: David Xiong With the recent 2024 election that showed the colors of a divided nation of citizens, our country has entered an increasingly polarized era. In the aftermath of November’s election, Sunny Hostin, a co-host of The View, suggested that Kamala Harris voters […]
TikTok’s Ban & Shutdown
Why TikTok should remain banned By: David Moon In the late hours of January 18th, TikTok eerily shut down before flickering back to life at noon the next day. Since 2020, TikTok has been under scrutiny by lawmakers due to the influence of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on its business operations and decisions. The […]
COP 29 Summit
Climate Fallout Exacerbated by the Trump Administration By: Rohan Jayaraman In November 2024, 50,000 delegates from around the world gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations (UN) Climate Conference of the Parties (COP). With the US election around the corner, tensions remained high as lower income countries looked specifically to this summit for climate […]
Is Trump’s New Labor Pick What the Democratic Party Needs?
Cabinet member backs pro-union policies, yet is unlikely to sway presidential cabinet By: Andreu Beltran There’s one thing that almost everyone in President Donald Trump’s cabinet shares: they want to lead America with an iron fist. For instance, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and head of the newly formed Department for Government Efficiency plans to eliminate […]
Populism’s New Face: JD Vance
Who is Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president and what does he bring to the table? By: You-Yan Wang “Cultural heroin” were the words JD Vance used to describe his future running mate. In a 2016 article in The Atlantic, the JD Vance of eight years ago made clear his distaste for a certain Donald Trump […]
Slippery Snake: Trump’s Judicial Acrobatics
How the Presidential Candidate Has Manipulated the Legal System By: Weston Tregay Thirty-four. That’s how many different charges that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump with all the way back in March 2023. Since his conviction by jury trial, Trump has been able to push the sentencing all the way to after the election […]
Hillbilly Misogyny
J.D. Vance insults women across the nation with “childless cat lady” comments By: Vivian Cain-Weingram The country has fallen into the hands of “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at…the choices that they’ve made and…want to make the rest of the country miserable, too,” according to Ohio senator J.D. Vance. Vance’s 2021 […]