Drug cartels are terrorizing Ecuador By: Tobiashus Swatherton Although the Ecuadorian president saw the country’s homicide rates increase ninefold, drug cartels hold news anchors hostage, and multiple prisoner gangs control their very own prisons, his plan is very promising. People can trust Noboa, the president of Ecuador, for a simple reason: although he was off to […]
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Indian Election Preview
Why India Needs Modi By: Rohan Jayaraman This April, over 700 million people will cast their ballots in the Lok Sabha Indian Elections. These voters will choose between the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Representative Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress Party (INC). Despite initial uncertainty over the results, […]
President Backed into a Corner
Biden faces pressure to act as the Israeli-Hamas conflict escalates By: Oliver Straight Nissen Since Israel’s formation at the end of World War II, conflict between Israel and Palestine has remained. Recently, however, tensions in the Middle East have grown once again. Despite being one of Israel’s closest allies, the United States has remained mostly […]
In Taiwan, A New Election and A New Leader
But the election of the DPP may not bode well for Sino-American relations By: David Xiong As much of our current attention focuses on Sino-American tensions over the issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty, Taiwan had an event of its own. In what the island saw as a watershed moment for their democracy, its people chose the […]
Test Optional Or Not?
Colleges should be test blind, not test-optional By: Shirley Zhu Should standardized test scores be one of the defining factors of one’s academic career? College admissions should be a holistic process, so the answer is a resounding no. Schools should not require standardized tests or go test-optional; they should go test-blind. Standardized testing gives people […]
Does big tech pose a threat to democracy?
The Influence of Social Media’s Rise By: Mirabel Ge As big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter expand their user populations, misinformation and propaganda have grown hand in hand. Social media continues to infiltrate our lives, and privacy and propaganda have become an ever-prevalent topic of discussion. Media algorithms now track patterns of interest. These […]
Creativity at a Crossroads: The Growing Impact of AI on Art
Will Humans Retain Originality? By: Keenan Billings 75% of adult US residents believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will decrease the number of American jobs over the next decade. However, the new and rapidly evolving technology, pioneered by online ‘generators’ like Midjourney, DALL-E, and Adobe’s Firefly, has a plethora of different uses and applications, which can be […]
How to Fix the Homelessness Crisis in America
Why the current solutions are not working, and what the government can do instead By: Charlotte Garrity In our own state of Massachusetts, there are currently 15,507 people who have no house to sleep in. Some are near us in the Cambridge and Boston area, and others are spread out across the state. Across America as a […]
The Unsolvable Border Crisis
Record-breaking U.S-Mexico immigration surge has dangerous implications for the United States By: Andreu Beltran This past December, the number of immigrants along the U.S-Mexico border reached a record high: 225,000. While allowing immigration into the United States saves lives, multiple states are becoming increasingly weary of reaching their limit on how many new immigrants they can […]
Should the Federal Government Pass More AI Legislation?
National AI legislation would create much-needed fairness and equity in 2024 By: Andreu Beltran Most would agree that generative artificial intelligence has introduced fascinating new opportunities. However, it is also a legal gray zone because the topic raises a multitude of ethical and legal questions: is AI protected by copyright law? How can racial and […]