by Galen Deane | Dec 22, 2019 | Politics + Society, World
More prominent than ever, when and how to regulate guns has been a question that both society and the courts have wrestled with for years. Regardless of the pertinence the supreme court has rarely intervened, partly due to the potential loss of freedom associated...
by Kartik Donepudi | Dec 22, 2019 | Business + Economy, World
This week, several American pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie, and Gilead struck a deal with the Chinese government, agreeing to cut prices on about 70 of their new drugs in exchange for coverage on the Chinese national...
by Chris Yang | Nov 11, 2019 | Climate + Environment, World
The acrid smell of burning wood was unmistakable. Crouched on the muddy ground, and trying to look inconspicuous to the family of hornbills above, I let out a muffled cough. Even under the dense canopy of the world’s oldest rainforests, I could not escape the...
by Lina Zhang | Nov 11, 2019 | Culture + Arts, Politics + Society, World
In wake of Harvard v. Students for Fair Admissions, which ruled that Harvard’s admission process was “a very fine admissions program”, many have raised objections against affirmative action again, arguing that the policy disproportionately harms Asian American...
by Zimo Tang | Nov 10, 2019 | Sports + Entertainment, World
On October 4th, 2019, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted an image supporting the protests in Hong Kong over the past few months, which have broken down into riots and violence in a few of those events. This immediately went viral in...
by Ingrid Yeung | Oct 22, 2019 | Culture + Arts, Politics + Society, World
The #MeToo movement, as a popular women’s rights protest, calls for the rights of women in the workspace and seeks to reduce the rate of sexual and verbal harassment against women in the workspace. Starting back in 2006, the creator of this movement, Tarana...
