Understanding the Opioid Epidemic
Opioids, a drug derived from the opium poppy plant, are driving an epidemic in the United States that killed over 80,000 Americans in...
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Karnik Aswani
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Funding Innovation
What does innovation look like from a broad, economic perspective in the U.S.? Does finance drive it? Investing in innovations is a...
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Ryan Dulaney
Nov 22, 20232 min read
The B-21 Raider: America's Newest Bomber
The world's first sixth-generation aircraft has taken its first flight. Designed for greater longevity, capability and upgradability than...
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Connor Chung
Nov 14, 20232 min read
The Rise of China
China: a country once disregarded as agrarian and poor. That’s changed. China’s meteoric rise has captured international attention. The...
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Ryan Dulaney
Nov 14, 20232 min read
The Future of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has lasted nearly two years. After $100 billion in Western military aid has been given to Ukraine, the war...
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Anika Sharma
Nov 7, 20232 min read
What is the United Nations Security Council?
The United Nations is composed of six key bodies, one being the UN Security Council. What is the role of the United Nations Security?
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Jack Jagraj Atwal
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: Impact and Treatment
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that results in an inability to utilize insulin or an inability to create insulin at an adequate...
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Neesha Patel
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Our Parental Leave System
A very brief intro to the state and limitations of the U.S. parental leave system.
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Anika Sharma
Nov 2, 20232 min read
The U.S. Cuban Embargo
The U.S. Cuban Embargo is one of the longest-standing economic sanctions the U.S. still has implemented. How did this embargo come to be?
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Caley Conser
Nov 2, 20232 min read
US Politicians' Increasingly Polarized Politics
Polarization of US politics has been on the rise, and politicians are little help. The consequences are more dire than you might think.
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Jay Gragnani
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Explaining the Speaker of the House
The process behind electing a Speaker of the House and what the Speaker's role entails.
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Connor Chung
Oct 30, 20232 min read
The North Korea Issue
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have remained at a standstill following the signing of the armistice agreement between the North and the...
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Rohan Krishnamoorthy
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Dire Straits: Potential Naval Shortcomings in Contrast to China
Since 1944, there has been a debate about how to conduct American naval operations. Two schools of thought have developed. The “missile”...
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Kelsey Rogers
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Implicit Association Tests
According to Project Implicit Research, the Implicit Association Test (IAT), “measures the strength of associations between concepts and...
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Rohan Krishnamoorthy
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Sanctions Against Russia
Sanctions penalize and coerce countries, but there are plenty of ways to get around them. Sanctions are seen as a coercive tool in...
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Vidith Iyer
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Cosmology: The Wonders of the Universe and its Origins
Cosmology is a very unique topic in the field of STEM. When most people hear the word astronomy, they likely think about engineering,...
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Jay Gragnani
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Explaining Book Bans in the United States
Book bans have become increasingly prominent in the United States in the past two years. The concept of book bans dates all the way back...
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Natia Skorupski
Oct 21, 20232 min read
A Meeting Between North Korea and Russia
On Sep. 4, the New York Times revealed that North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un planned to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin within...
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Sabrina Falkowsky
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Student Loan Repayment Plans and Free College
On Oct. 1, 2023, for the first time since 2020, federal student loan repayments resumed. This article summarizes the Biden...
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Evanne Cass
Oct 17, 20232 min read
The Immigration Crisis in NYC
Migrants flow into New York City’s shelters, but many are concerned that the city can’t respond. In the past two years, roughly 116,000...
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