How technology drove the world back By: You-Yan Wang Robber barons lined the pockets of America’s first Gilded Age. A century-and-a-half later, they threaten to do the same again. A postbellum period characterized by intense corruption that marred workers’ hopes for prosperous futures, the Gilded Age began with rapid industrialization and the development of the […]
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Populism’s New Face: JD Vance
Who is Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president and what does he bring to the table? By: You-Yan Wang “Cultural heroin” were the words JD Vance used to describe his future running mate. In a 2016 article in The Atlantic, the JD Vance of eight years ago made clear his distaste for a certain Donald Trump […]
British Media’s Foreign Ownership Inconsistency
The implications surrounding the UK’s ban on foreign government media ownership British Media’s Foreign Ownership Inconsistency By: You-Yan Wang Amid a tumultuous period for the governing Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, Parliament has moved swiftly on one issue: banning foreign ownership of British media. The ban came in response to Abu Dhabi-backed joint venture RedBird […]
DeSantis’ Campaign Blues
How not to run a campaign against Donald Trump By: You-Yan Wang For Ron DeSantis, the campaign trail started with a botched and glitchy interview led by Elon Musk, promising to “lead our great American comeback,” and ended with a distant second-place finish in a state where he visited all 99 counties. DeSantis’ presidential campaign has been a […]
A Republican Alternative to Trump
Nikki Haley’s campaign is promising but still needs work to truly contend By You-Yan Wang ’26 Faced with a raucous Milwaukee crowd and several opponents bickering over each other’s words, Nikki Haley interjected calmly and quoted the late Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, “If you want something said, ask a man. If […]
The Chinese COVID-19 Fiasco
How Zero-COVID resulted in 60,000 dead By: You-Yan Wang Three years have passed since COVID-19 first rattled the world back in 2020, but while countries like the US have returned to a sense of normalcy, the motherland of the virus, China, is now in a deep predicament. After holding off the virus successfully for a […]