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Supreme Court Lands Blow to EPA’s Jurisdiction Over Wetlands
The ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate water pollution has been severely limited by the Supreme Court ...
Matthew Inui
May 28, 20233 min read


Fighting Breaks Out in Sudanese Power Struggle
Fighting broke out in Sudan’s Capital, Khartoum, between the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese ...
Katherine Gloyer
May 28, 20233 min read


Mexico's Senate Takes on Reform of Mining Industry
Mexico's Senate has approved an extensive reform of laws related to the mining industry. The mining bill was passed alongside 17 other pi...
Magdeline Gomes
May 22, 20233 min read

U.S. and E.U. Dispute over Green Subsidies
The implementation of the “Inflation Reduction Act,” beginning with the new year of 2023, has already promised to alter economic landscap...
Clarissa Sung
Apr 30, 20233 min read


Tik Tok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Appearance Before House Panel
The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23 to address concerns surrounding the ...
Lolita Chowdhury
Apr 26, 20233 min read


Devastating Storms Strike Mississippi and the South
On March 24, an unusually powerful tornado struck western Mississippi, killing 26 people and shocking meteorologists. That weekend, sever...
Danielle Uehara
Apr 15, 20234 min read


El Salvador's Crackdown on Gang Violence
The 2022–2023 Salvadoran gang crackdown, also known as “the Régimen de Excepción” or the “Guerra Contra las Pandillas” (Spanish for “War ...
Husnain Malik
Apr 3, 20233 min read


The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
On March 1, Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won the Nigerian...
Lolita Chowdhury
Apr 3, 20233 min read


The World’s Delayed Response to the Situation in Afghanistan
After twenty years of conflict with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, the Taliban, a militant Islamic fundamentalist group, retook contr...
Danielle Uehara
Apr 1, 20233 min read


Who’s Running in the 2024 Presidential Election So Far?
The 2024 Presidential election season is approaching fast, with new faces joining the contentious race for the Oval Office. Here is an ov...
Breanna Crossman
Mar 25, 20234 min read


Weekly News Blast | Feb. 26 - Mar. 5
Since the UK left the European Union (EU) in 2020, Northern Ireland (which remains part of the UK but shares a land border with the indep...
Matthew Inui
Mar 7, 20234 min read


Spy Balloons Spell Uncertainty for Already Fraying U.S.-China Relations
On January 28, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was detected in U.S. airspace near the Canadian border. After transiting over Can...
Matthew Inui
Mar 7, 20234 min read


The Contentious 2022 Midterms - Who Won, and What’s Next for the Nation
The midterm elections of 2022 shaped the 118th Congress of the United States and were one of the most influential elections of the past d...
Breanna Crossman
Feb 16, 20235 min read


Weekly News Blast | Feb. 6-12
On February 6, Turkey and Syria were struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, leaving more than 46,000 dead. The strongest in the country in...
David Lee
Feb 14, 20233 min read


Weekly News Blast | Jan. 30 – Feb. 5
Pursuant to the Biden administration’s new immigration program, U.S. officials have approved more than 7,500 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragu...
Ariel Donato
Feb 6, 20233 min read


McCarthy Wins The Speaker Election, But At What Cost?
On January 6, exactly two years after protestors stormed Capitol Hill and breached the halls of Congress, Republican Representative Kevin...
Matthew Inui
Jan 30, 20234 min read


Weekly News Blast | Jan. 22-29
This week, former Vice President Mike Pence reported that his staff had found a “small number of documents” from his time in the White Ho...
Matthew Inui
Jan 30, 20234 min read


Why Indonesia’s Recent Earthquake Was So Disastrous
Indonesia, an archipelago nation in Southeast Asia, has one of the world's highest rates of natural disasters. Located in the aptly named...
Danielle Uehara
Jan 30, 20233 min read


Zan, Zendegi, Azadi: The Current Crisis in Iran
For people worldwide, 1979 carries memories of hostage crises, nuclear accidents, and Soviet invasions. For the people of Iran, 1979 mark...
Mahsa Forghani
Jan 30, 20236 min read


World's Largest Volcano Erupts in Hawaii
Mauna Loa is among one of four volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipel...
Magdeline Gomes
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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