Musk’s Mismanagement of Twitter By: Saanika Raina Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has been followed by mass firings, the flouting of safety protocols, and the reinstatement of accounts of individuals and groups who promote hate speech. These actions are making Twitter a hotbed of misinformation and disinformation. Musk joined Twitter as a user in 2010 […]
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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 […]
Yesterday Once More
Saanika Raina // Global Terrorism Returns to Afghanistan After 20 Years // In Urdu, the language spoken in the badlands of Pakistan on its border with Afghanistan, the word kal means both yesterday and tomorrow. It might as well signify Afghanistan’s reemergence as a base for global terrorists under the Taliban, just as it was […]
The Iran Nuclear Deal
By: Saanika Raina Choosing Between War and the Iran Nuclear Deal The 2015 JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), or the Iran Nuclear Deal, must be renegotiated and reimplemented expeditiously, as it is the only way that the world can compel Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions without conflict. The JCPOA was struck in 2015, […]