“The Gold Rush Among the Stars: Trillionaires and Asteroid Mining” by Vinayak Kalra
“Bound by Irrationality: Pride & Prejudice” by Anagha Gopinath
“The $120K Banana: Defining Value in the Art World” by Alizeh Razvi
“When Technology Expires” by Isha Trivedi
The Soviet Union was a shell of its former self by the 1980s, with its institutions and structures significantly weakened due to economic hardship. The Communist Party was beginning to look like a gerontocracy as well, as many of the party’s elite members were well into their 70s. Political dissent was growing domestically and in Soviet satellite states, as one idea always stood out to their residents: life in the Western Bloc was evidently better.
Read MoreBetsy DeVos was the most (empirically) controversial nomination of president Trump’s cabinet and the most controversial education nomination in history. After exhausting democratic filibusters and rounds of hearings, DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education on February 7, 2017, with a split vote 50-50, requiring vice president Mike Pence to step in and tip the scale in her favor. She is the only nomination to have required the assistance of the VP’s vote. But why?
Read MoreThe phenomenon of start-ups using innovative methods to respond to consumer demand is not new. What started in 2008 as an app by two men who had trouble hailing a cab in Paris, is today a multinational corporation valued at $62.5 billion. Uber is an online transportation network company, which currently has operations in 528 cities around the world. Its growing presence worldwide has been met with both successes and difficulties in its introduction.
Read MoreJeff Sessions, the current Attorney General of the United States, was born in the now historical city of Selma, Alabama in 1946. A Distinguished Eagle Scout and son of parents with primarily English ancestry, Sessions’ early story makes him a competitive candidate for any Republican ticket.
Read MoreDuring the Second World War, there was already a rift in relations between the allied Soviet Union and the United States. Near the end of the war, the Soviets accused America and Britain of purposely not opening a new front in Eastern Europe, ensuring that the Soviet Union would be weakened at the end of the war. Historians have also argued the American use of atomic weapons against Japan was also a warning to the Soviet Union of their might if they were to engage in future armed conflict.
Read MoreCalifornia’s Central Valley, extending from the Sacramento Valley all the way to South San Joaquin, is home to over 250 different crops. The area supplies a quarter of the United States’ food and makes up 8 percent of the nation’s total agricultural output (USGS). Of these 250 different crops, many are highly labour-intensive.
Read MoreOn February 17, 2017, former Oklahoma state attorney Scott Pruitt was sworn into office as the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The date of his confirmation is important to note. Just one day before, Scott Pruitt became the recipient of a court order mandating he release a collection of 7,500 emails (which may be found here), save ones that fall under exemption due to Oklahoma’s state records law.
Read MoreOn January 1, 1996, a Santa Monica mother of twin girls dialed 911 on a phone that was immediately ripped from her and thrown against a wall, where it shattered into pieces. Moments earlier, the mother reportedly requested a divorce from her assailant. According to the police report released by POLITICO, she was seen with “red marks on her left wrist and the right side of her neck,” evidence of struggling to escape domestic violence.
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