Nikki Minsky //The agency has squandered its chance to take a unified stance in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic// The CDC’s recent messaging and protocols surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have been unclear and contradictory, causing people to question the credibility of the organization’s guidance. The inconsistent statements released only add to a rampant “pandemic fatigue,” resulting […]
The Death of Federal Vaccine Mandates
Jack Theobald //Businesses Left to Determine Covid Policies Without Government Support// On January 13, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to block the Biden Administration’s “vaccine or test” mandate on large private employers. The justices argued that the mandate, which took effect in early January and required that all private employers with over 100 employees necessitate […]
How Kazakh Protesters Restored a Price Cap on Gasoline
Elliot Johnson //Protests, Martial Law, and Political Crackdowns Shut Down Central Asia’s Largest Economy// Streets across Kazakhstan exploded in anger on January 2nd over a sudden increase in the price of gasoline. Numerous protests started as peaceful demonstrations in the gas-producing city of Zhanaozen but quickly devolved into violence across the country. When the dust […]
Death From Above
Daniel Katz //The Hidden Toll of America Abroad// “There must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured,” promised President Obama in regards to Middle-Eastern drone strikes in 2013. In 2015, John Brennan, one of the former president’s trusted advisors, claimed that not a single combatant had been killed in strikes that year. […]
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial
David Min //White-Collar Crime—The Fraud and Deception of Theranos// Fake it ‘til you make it. That’s how many might characterize the mentality of Theranos’ disgraced founder and chief executive officer, Elizabeth Holmes, who headed Theranos, a company that claimed to pioneer finger-pin prick blood tests. Despite the technological flaws in Theranos’ testing machinery, Holmes deceived […]
North Korea Continues Ballistic Missile Tests
Kaia Patterson // U.S. must unite with other nations to address threat // Recent ballistic missile tests by North Korea have heightened animosity and fear within the international community. Despite a declaration by the United Nations Security Council forbidding these tests, in the past few weeks, North Korea has continued them. Furthermore, as ballistic missiles become […]
Should We Go Online?
Sophia Stafford // Why keeping schools open is the best option // At the beginning of the 2020 academic year, Ruby Rodriguez began her freshman year at St. Anthony High School, in Milwaukee. Starting the school year online was devastating for Ruby. Her grades dropped from A’s and B’s to D’s and F’s, she failed […]
Lockdowns: At What Cost?
Cole Gaynor // The U.S. lives with COVID; China stamps it out completely // Fewer than 50 people have died from COVID-19 in China since September 13th, 2021. The official recorded COVID-19 death count in China is 4,849, and it has remained at nearly exactly that number for months. In that same time span, the […]
America’s Boycott of the Beijing Olympics
By: Tobiashus Swatherton // A Predominantly Harmful Measure // On December 6th, 2021, the Biden administration announced that it will stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The basis for the boycott is the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) human rights violations. America’s main concern is the genocide of the Uyghur people and […]
The Day Democracy (Almost) Died
Saanika Raina // A Constitutional Coup Foiled // The January 6th riots were not a spontaneous act but the culmination of a multi-pronged coordinated insurrection aimed at preventing a peaceful transfer of government. The insurrection included dubious maneuvers to create an alternate slate of electors from states that Trump lost, a questionable legal strategy to […]