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 […]
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Does the Moon Outweigh Earth?
The Artemis II mission was a privilege…was it one humanity deserves? The Earth is on the brink of ecological disaster: by 2050, climate change will be irreversible, and there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. This year alone, 363 million people worldwide are at risk of acute hunger. Despite these statistics, the […]
“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 […]
The Rise of MAGA Women
How 2010s feminism helped Trump gain the support of female voters The Make America Great Again movement, often referred to as “MAGA,” has amassed a significant group of female supporters. Looking back at feminist movements from the 2010s, few would expect that an estimated 45 percent of women would vote for Donald Trump, a man […]
The US’s Reckless Decision to Strike Iran
How Attacking Iran Hurts the American People On a cold February morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House. However, this wasn’t any normal state visit. After being brought inside, out of the view of reporters, American and Israeli officials briefly met in the cabinet room. Netanyahu, a foreign leader, was brought […]
U.S Policy in Venezuela: An Examination of Bush Policy and the Monroe Doctrine
The Trump Administration arrests Nicolás Maduro Thirty-six years to the date after the United States last seized a foreign leader for alleged drug trafficking, the Trump administration ordered Nicolás Maduro’s arrest in Venezuelan territory. During “Operation Absolute Resolve,” a roughly two-hour mission that followed months of extensive surveillance and preparation, over 150 American aircraft and […]
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 […]
Killing to Avoid Crisis
Euthanization of sea lions legalized in the Pacific Northwest to replenish the salmon population Off the northwest corner of Washington State, Puget Sound is the battleground between two of nature’s most prized creatures: sea lions and the Chinook king salmon. Noted as a “conservation success story,” the sea lion population in Puget Sound is flourishing. […]