Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Via Spotify | Via Apple Podcasts This week, Max talks with Alex Jarecki, one of the magazine editors at NUPR, about some of the major barriers to voting and participating in American democracy both historically and specifically in 2020. They discuss some of the challenges regarding voting in 2020 as well as […]
Extensive research demonstrates that COVID-19 does not pose a serious risk to most students. Responding to recent upticks in COVID-19 cases among young adults, colleges nationwide have renounced their intentions to house students for the fall semester. Of colleges that re-opened, many have reverted to online learning following campus outbreaks. These decisions, while seemingly understandable, […]
For our companion piece about the political ramifications of Ginsburg’s death and the legacy she leaves behind, click here. In the days before she succumbed to pancreatic cancer, as her strength faded, Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” […]
For our companion piece about how Ginsburg’s death illustrates the need for term-limited Supreme Court justices, click here. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18 due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age eighty-seven. Just days before her death, Ginsburg stated, “My most fervent wish is that I will not […]
Photo By Jean-Michel Papazian/Netflix The following includes plot details, including the film’s ending. Mignonnes, or Cuties in English, is a French coming-of-age drama that garnered criticism for its hypersexualization of young girls. The scrutiny began in August when Netflix released an explicit poster advertising the movie and has continued through the movie’s release, despite the […]
After World War II, the United States began conducting nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. The second test resulted in the radioactive contamination of hundreds of Navy ships. In an attempt to decontaminate these ships, the Navy moved them to a lab in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, where the military would deep […]
Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Via Spotify | Via Apple Podcasts This week, Max talks with Rintaro Nishimura, one of the co-managing editors at NUPR, about the tensions between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. They explore the history of these islands as well as recent actions taken by Japan and […]
Success in the era of globalization is often presented as requiring total economic liberalization, or the lessening of government regulations to promote private entities. Dr. Thomas Friedman argues that for countries to develop rapidly, governments must adopt the “golden straitjacket,” where states make free-market reforms to join the broader economic system. Countries are at the […]
This started out as an inside joke. As I packed for my spring break trip to Israel, I asked my closest friends and family what they wanted as souvenirs. One said, “a cat that speaks Hebrew.” When I reached my first tourist spot—an ancient grave—I spotted a stray. “Do you speak?” I joked as I […]
In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen represents a covert rebel alliance attempting to topple a repressive regime. When the series was adapted for the big screen, it became a pop culture phenomenon and helped catapult its leading actress, Jennifer Lawrence, to stardom. It also became a symbol of massive anti-government resistance in Thailand. After General […]
