Weekend Review: Trump Announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Pick
On Saturday, President Trump announced to a crowd at the White House that he will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Trump is recommending Barrett to fill the seat left empty by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Barrett is a U.S. Circuit Court judge who was interviewed in […]
The Future Uncertainty Of ACA After Justice Ginsburg
The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looks bleak after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as speculation of her replacement by President Trump seems more likely to be a conservative who will be the opposite of everything RGB stood and fought for. The future makeup of the Supreme Court and the outcomes […]
Weekend Review: In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Esteemed Supreme Court Justice and women’s rights icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at 87 on Friday. A court statement said she was with family at her D.C. home when she died from “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.” Appointed by Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the first Democratic appointee to the court in over 25 years. […]
Wildfires Blaze Through Western States
Western states in the U.S. continue to experience an extraordinary wildfire season, with blazes burning millions of acres of land and affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Washington, Oregon, and California. The threat of fire has forced residents in these states to evacuate their homes. At least two dozen people have died by the […]
The Infodemic Surrounding COVID-19
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) global pandemic, the international community has had to battle the virus itself along with a series of misinformation that has elongated the issues surrounding its spread. The World Health Organization coined the term ‘infodemic‘ to describe the rapid spread of misleading or fabricated news surrounding COVID-19. An ‘infodemic’ takes numerous shapes […]
In Crucial PA, Fracking Could Decide The 2020 Race
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stated last week that he would not ban hydraulic fracking if he wins in November. This is not a new position for Biden, though there have been moments were his position wasn’t exact. Still, the former Vice President’s stance on fracking, an oil and gas process that […]
QAnon Gaining A Foothold In US Politics
As Lynette Coleman browsed through social media, she continued to see references to a video series called “Fall of Cabal,” which eventually piqued her interest. That’s how her association with the internet conspiracy theory known as QAnon began. QAnon began in 2017 on internet forum 4Chan, with a user identifying as “Q Clearance Patriot,” posting a […]
Scientists React To Patient Being Reinfected With COVID-19
Over the past week, multiple reports have surfaced of a Hong Konger becoming reinfected with COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) after previously recovering from the virus. The news began circulating through a press release, with the full study available in the Clinical Infectious Diseases medical journal. Here is the press release: pic.twitter.com/oLruPSMdPV— Lilian Cheng (@cwylilian) August 24, 2020 “What we are […]
Weekend Review: Hate, Death and Mourning in Wisconsin
Last Sunday, police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin became the latest to fall under scrutiny for using devastating police force against an unarmed Black man. Cell phone video shows the 29-year-old man, Jacob Blake, was walking away from police officers who had their guns drawn. They followed him to his vehicle and shot him in the […]
Republican National Convention Wrap-Up
From Monday, August 24 to Thursday, August 27, several prominent Republicans banded together to urge Americans to re-elect President Donald Trump. With the 2020 Republican National Convention now complete, it’s time to take a look at some of the event’s most significant moments. Night One In one of the night’s more unexpected moments, Ohio congressman […]