President Trump signs into law H.R. 748, on 4/6/20 in the Oval Office. Photo courtesy of Erin Schaff/The New York Times On Friday, April 6, President Trump signed off on…
Middle schoolers, high schoolers, and university students have increased their use of e-cigarettes, despite rising public concern. While underage nicotine consumption and smoking-related lung disease deaths are a real problem, legal vaping products and accurate consumer information can combat instead of worsen these effects. We should welcome the presence of alternatives to tobacco, and endorse safe, and legal options.
It is undeniable that paid maternity leave has a multitude of positive health benefits for both the mother and child. Of the 195 countries recognized today, 187 have paid maternity leave and 90 have paid paternity leave.
TikTok, a video creating and sharing app, has the potential to be a national security threat. The lip-syncing and comedy app is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company that has recently been under scrutiny for data collection.
US army specialist Jessica Walker from Killingworth, shares a hug with an Afghan child at a girl scout meeting in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Flikr. Afghanistan has endured…
President Trump addresses his cabinet and the press. Photo courtesy of Reuters. Perhaps the most entertaining of the many new phenomena stirred into existence by Trump’s manic reign, has been…
Migrants under the Paso Del Norte Bridge. Photo courtesy of the New York Times. The American dream is still very much a phantom at the end of a long and…
Ethan Lindenberger testifies against his anti-vaccination parents before Congress. Photo courtesy of NBC News. With the 2020 election already hanging over our heads, it’s fairly easy to picture which socio-political…
The past few weeks have seen more candidates jump into the increasingly crowded competition for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper launched his campaign…
A few weeks ago, I stepped into an Uber in Los Angeles, California. We quickly hit our first red light. Somehow, this silence was the perfect justification for my…