How might the H-1B price increase impact the U.S.? In a bold and controversial move, President Donald Trump has recently introduced a new policy requiring companies to pay $100,000 application fees for an H-1B visa: a non-immigrant visa permitting U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers with specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher. […]
Author: POV Staff
Accountability Wins
California outlaws masked law enforcement officers For months, Californians have watched masked officers storm homes, stop cars, and disappear into the night without a trace of accountability. Now, the state is finally pulling off the mask. The debate over California’s decision to ban law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks […]
Tell Me, What Does Palantir Actually Do?
If you could forgo college for big bucks in Silicon Valley, would you do it? High school seniors stress about Common App essays and EA/ED deadlines. That’s a fact plainly visible across school districts in America. At some point along the trek to January, many will question why they even subject themselves to weekends of […]
The Echo Chamber That Changed America
How the “manosphere” won Donald Trump the 2024 election To understand how the manosphere plays a big part in today’s government, it is crucial to understand what the concept actually is. According to UN Women, the manosphere describes the online collection of podcasts, blogs, and videos that claim to help solve men’s problems but often […]
The Good and the Bad of Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Concert
The two-faced truth of the artist’s concert residency experiment Bad Bunny, one of the most famous Latinx artists in the world, has recently gone viral for his one-of-a-kind “residential concert” in Puerto Rico. Titled “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí,” Spanish for “I Don’t Want to Leave Here,” the concert experience involved Bad Bunny performing […]
A New Future Of Education
How phone bans pave the way for a distraction-free school system You are sitting in first-period English and listening attentively to your teacher when, all of a sudden, you hear a buzz. Someone’s phone is going off. Everyone turns to watch as your classmate scrambles to turn off their ringer, pulling out their phone to […]
How Efficient will the Department of Government Efficiency Be?
Inherently flawed new initiative exposes government flaws By: Dean Riaz Donald Trump represents a slew of presidential firsts. He is the first president to have been impeached twice while in office and also the first president to speak in hyperbole. Dreamt up by billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump on the campaign trail, the Department […]
Economic Impacts of Mass Deportations
The hidden costs of expulsions on the American economy By: Ayana Dhruv The human cost and ethical issues of mass deportations are undeniable, but a real crisis lies within the economic fallout. When millions of workers are taken from their homes and sent away, industries dependent on the migrant workforce face overwhelming labor shortages and […]
Crash in the Caucasus
Russians responsible for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash. By: Dean Riaz Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was supposed to be like any other routine flight departing from Baku. This ill-fated journey has far-reaching repercussions in a region plagued by tension, war, and foreign interests. The two most serious repercussions are future threats posed by a destabilized […]
Is Democracy Dying in Darkness?
The Washington Post’s pulled cartoon and presidential endorsement By: Yancheng Zhao Famous for exposing Watergate, The Washington Post has a long history of acting as a watchdog for wrongdoing in the government, given its location in the nation’s capital. However, its leadership’s recent actions to suppress editorial voices undercuts its values in promoting free press, […]