In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
President Joe Biden pardoned all US citizens convicted on federal charges for simple possession of marijuana on October 6 this year. This action will provide over 6,500 Americans with easier access to housing, employment, college, and even voting, al...
President Joe Biden pardoned all US citizens convicted on federal charges for simple possession of marijuana on October 6 this year. This action will provide over 6,500 Americans with easier access to housing, employment, college, and even voting, al...
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With hurricanes in the East, cold snaps in the Midwest, and wildfires along the West Coast, the United States is no strang...
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With hurricanes in the East, cold snaps in the Midwest, and wildfires along the West Coast, the United States is no strang...
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she bemoans the lack of an “explosive feminist mobilization” after the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leak...
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she bemoans the lack of an “explosive feminist mobilization” after the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leak...
In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential guideline—a minimum age requirement —prompting a major media uproar. The common law marriages created by the...
In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential guideline—a minimum age requirement —prompting a major media uproar. The common law marriages created by the...
On September 20, 2022 the Washington Monument was one of many recent “victims” of vandalism. That following Wednesday, the west side of the monument was closed in order to clean up the “vulgar, anti-government” phrase written in red paint: ...
On September 20, 2022 the Washington Monument was one of many recent “victims” of vandalism. That following Wednesday, the west side of the monument was closed in order to clean up the “vulgar, anti-government” phrase written in red paint: ...
As you stroll around the Main Green, the daily bells echo across the busy campus—the starting gun to run to your next class. In that moment of rush and confusion, you are struck by a vast realization: You made it. You can officially call yourself a...
As you stroll around the Main Green, the daily bells echo across the busy campus—the starting gun to run to your next class. In that moment of rush and confusion, you are struck by a vast realization: You made it. You can officially call yourself a...
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, in Tehran on September 16, 2022, has triggered a series of protests and demonstrations throughout the country. She was held in police custody for three days prior to her passing, arrested by th...
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, in Tehran on September 16, 2022, has triggered a series of protests and demonstrations throughout the country. She was held in police custody for three days prior to her passing, arrested by th...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’ and Democrats’ control over Congress. While the Democrats currently hold a majority in both the House and Sen...
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’ and Democrats’ control over Congress. While the Democrats currently hold a majority in both the House and Sen...
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe in God or a higher power and 60 percent of religious Black Americans attend predominantly Black congregations. Rel...
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe in God or a higher power and 60 percent of religious Black Americans attend predominantly Black congregations. Rel...
President Biden’s recent move to pardon federal marijuana offenders has drawn attention to the punitive nature of the American criminal justice system. Due to excessively harsh sentences, the criminal justice system makes it more likely that delinq...
President Biden’s recent move to pardon federal marijuana offenders has drawn attention to the punitive nature of the American criminal justice system. Due to excessively harsh sentences, the criminal justice system makes it more likely that delinq...
Many of the most contentious Democratic primaries for House seats this past election cycle shared something in common: outside money, in the millions of dollars, from pro-Israel advocacy groups. The creation of an affiliated Super PAC by the American...
Many of the most contentious Democratic primaries for House seats this past election cycle shared something in common: outside money, in the millions of dollars, from pro-Israel advocacy groups. The creation of an affiliated Super PAC by the American...