Government usage of modern surveillance technologies threatens constitutional rights. “Your phone is always listening;” “your camera is always watching;” or “your location is always being tracked.” Everyone has heard it, and everyone has dismissed it. Your private information is being sold to government agencies—so what? The dangers of such monitoring feel dystopian, and the abstract […]
Category: Domestic Policy
What Remains of the Government Shutdown
A division-sponsored government shutdown lasted forty-three days, making it the longest in recorded history Government officials are playing a high-stakes game of chess: one side is composed of the left, the other the right. However, the Democrats are at a stalemate—both sides have to give up the promise of an uncompromised funding bill. The possibility […]
Environmental Policy Regarding the Amazon in Brazil
Deforestation, illegal activity, and natural disasters plague the Amazon. Is it too late? Brazil has recently reduced deforestation in the Amazon under the current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; however, its environmental policies remain insufficient due to inconsistent enforcement and economic pressures. These ongoing illegal activities continue to drive deforestation and underscore the need […]
The FDA’s New Approval Pathway
How Otarmeni’s approval reveals inconsistencies in the process “Today’s approval is a significant milestone in the treatment of genetic hearing loss,” announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary during a speech. On April 23, 2026, the FDA approved Otarmeni, the first-ever gene therapy developed by biotechnology company Regeneron to treat genetic hearing […]
“We Are Going For All Humanity”
The Artemis II mission brings together the people of the world. The Artemis II launch earlier this year was a historic event: humanity’s first return to the moon in more than 50 years. But many are asking about the ethics of sending humans to space at such an unstable period in the world. These troubling […]
Fire in the Sky
The benefits of NASA funding and American investment in space More than five decades after the Apollo 17 Moon landing in 1972, the American Space Program once again thrust itself into the spotlight with the launch and successful mission of Artemis II. Artemis II broke records, sending humans farther from Earth than ever before. Yet, […]
Border Security: Excessive or Underdeveloped?
TSA shutdown and ICE integration When President Donald J. Trump came into office, he promised the people of the U.S. that he was going to get rid of the rampant “criminality” in the U.S. through the deportation of undocumented residents. He did so using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, who applied violent and aggressive […]
RFK Jr.’s New Dietary Guidelines: Are They Really Healthy?
The “healthy” dietary guidelines are actually not so healthy after all “He’s going to make America healthy again,” said Trump of newly appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during celebratory election night remarks. However, as the political climate shifts, many Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical of the new administration, especially […]
A Bill for Power
How one bill, H.R. 6971, can restore congressional power and our nation Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, attempted to veto 29 pieces of legislation, including the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act. These bills were not merely negligible laws; rather, they granted African Americans, women, and immigrants vital protections and […]
Behind Closed Doors
How the judicial branch is using the shadow docket to reshape democracy On September 8th, 2025, the United States Supreme Court made a decision that changed the trajectory of immigration law. Despite a lower court’s initial ruling and historical precedent from a 1975 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that immigration officers may search and […]