Chloe Taft // How the Texas Abortion Law Could Damage America’s Democracy // Every year, over 80 million women experience unwanted pregnancies. These pregnancies can have many negative repercussions, such as health risks, loss of autonomy, and newfound financial insecurity, and vary based on a woman’s socioeconomic status, health, and access to resources and support. […]
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COP 26 Outcomes
Rohan Jayaraman // Was it enough? // The 26th annual ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP) took place in Glasgow, Scotland from the 31st of October to the 12th of November in 2021. Since the drafting of the Paris Agreement, COP 21, this was the first meeting where countries set goals to reduce climate change. Over […]
The Aftermath of the Voting Rights Bill
Julia Shephard // Democrats should learn from their inability to pass key legislation // “Voting Rights Bill Dead” read a January 15th New York Times report after Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) declared her opposition to her party’s voting rights package. Although the legislation, which combined the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to […]
Manchin’s Rejection of Build Back Better
Shane McCauley // The senator’s actions endanger democracy and reveal a broken system // Senator Joe Manchin has recently faced backlash from Democrats for refusing to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, effectively ending hope for its ultimate passage. The plan, which passed in the House of Representatives on November 19, 2021, included […]
The Removal of U.S. Missile Defense Systems from Saudi Arabia
Elliot Johnson // A necessary first step to end U.S. military support for a troublesome ally // The United States has greatly decreased its anti-missile systems in an authoritarian, radical, and Islamist Saudi Arabia. Removing these missile systems is a necessary first step for the U.S. to end all military support for Saudi Arabia. The […]
School Lunch Reform
Christian Bateman // The real solution to feeding America’s youth is not what we expect // Providing K-12 students with access to nutritious meals should become a priority for educators in the United States. Though the CDC’s nutritional guidelines recommend 2-3 cups of vegetables per day as a primary source of nutrients, only 2% of […]
The Nuclear Submarine Deal
Alejandro Moro-Araujo // Was the U.S.’s nuclear submarine deal worth it? // On September 15, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron woke up to the news that his 60 billion dollar contract with the Australian government had been scrubbed. In 2016, France made a deal with Australia to build diesel-powered submarines for the Australian navy. However, […]
Texas’s Troubling Abortion Law
Rahdin Salehian // Why the Texas Heartbeat Act is so problematic // Texas’s new anti-abortion law, the Texas Heartbeat Act, sparked well-deserved backlash throughout the country when it went into effect on September 1. The Texas Heartbeat Act gives women in the state only six weeks time to make the decision on whether or not […]
Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
Aparajita Srivastava // What stands between us and immunity? // In late December 2020 and early January 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden started the U.S. vaccination process by prioritizing front-line and healthcare workers. He then expanded vaccination coverage to those ages 65+ and with underlying health conditions. Finally, he ended with essential workers before opening […]
A Stab in the Back
Kaia Patterson // France’s deserved anger at Australian submarine deal snub // A “stab in the back” was just one of the many metaphors used by the French government in response to Australia’s withdrawal from what France viewed as the “contract of the century.” In 2016, Australia and France agreed to a $66 billion deal […]