Access to higher education is vital to the success of any prison rehabilitation program as it lowers recidivism rates because it has a direct effect on job-finding post-prison. As the incarceration rate continues to grow, investments in prison education programs are ne...

The United States is five months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the nation has yet to see President Trump wear a face mask in public. Instead, Trump’s rejection of masks discourages many of his constituents to take the piece of personal protective equipment (PPE) seri...

The spread of coronavirus has led to a number of problems. Aside from its health implications, one of the biggest threats posed by coronavirus is how much it affects the economies of countries worldwide. As employees are sent home due to lockdowns and companies suffer,...

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Police reform is at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept the nation in the wake of the death of George Floyd. On June 8, the New York State Assembly passed the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act that ban...

On June 1st, President Donald Trump scheduled an address to brief the nation on his latest efforts to quell riots after the murder of George Floyd a week earlier. Protests have erupted as people have taken to the streets to express their contempt for recent acts of pol...

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The ceaseless cycle of shocking stories in 2020 found a new chapter on May 25, when several police officers from the Minneapolis Police Department killed George Floyd, a 46 year old unarmed black man. Feverish tensions already...

Boston University (BU) students are struggling to find affordable housing as the university continues to increase housing rates. This disproportionately affects low-income students, who bear larger financial burdens to support their education. Low-income students may o...

On the banks of the River Danube in Budapest lies the Hungariarian Parliament Building. It’s striking neo-gothic spires and burgundy roof are symbols of Hungary and testaments to the ideals of liberty, justice, and democracy. It was here in 1989 where Mátyás Szűrös dec...

"The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity." - Henry Clay

These are the stories of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and their path to stat...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a big toll on the United States and especially its economy, with a record-breaking ​16.8 million Americans filing for unemployment ​claims in the last three weeks. With stay-at-home orders all across the country, many non-essential busin...