Author: Simon Eberhart On February 26th, 2022, the United States and a broad coalition of allies froze roughly $300 billion in Russian central bank assets overnight. This move sent two massive signals throughout the global financial markets: first, that the United States isn’t afraid to wage financial warfare in response to geopolitical aggression; and second, […]
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Author: Remmy Ciambriello When someone says the words “illegal alien,” it conveys a sense of fear and paints a picture of someone who is dangerous, or who wants to cause harm. Names hold power, and this term can be incredibly misleading, often fueling misconceptions. The idea of “illegal” immigration is often misconstrued. Many tend to
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Author: Sage Wong There’s been a lot of negative talk about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), like how it’s going to add 3.4 trillion dollars to the national debt over the course of 10 years and cut significant funding for Medicaid and food stamps. Since this is a sweeping policy bill, this article
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Author: Evelyn Juan There is a certain prestige to the title of private school, and on paper, they do seem to have it all. Incredibly high average test scores, impressive college acceptance rates, elite extracurriculars that raise eyebrows, so what are we—as the general public—missing? It’s easy to attribute the success of private schools to
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Author: Bryan Lin Two immigrants appear before the same immigration judge on the same day with nearly identical cases. One walks free with legal status while the other faces deportation. The only difference? One could afford a $15,000 private attorney, while the other relied on an overworked public defender, struggling with translated documents and broken
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Author: Sage Wong Healthcare in the United States involves a mix of private and public entities involved in insurance. Currently, 150 million Americans are covered through private employer-sponsored health insurance. On top of that, Medicaid covers 70 million people and Medicare covers 50 million people. Despite the US leading the world in healthcare spending both
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Author: Remmy Ciambriello AI can be an incredibly helpful tool in many different fields. There are countless uses for it, however, there seems to be an epidemic of AI use in writing, especially in schools. Users can easily plug prompts into ChatGPT to hand in a perfectly written essay, abundant with em-dashes and a strong
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Author: Joy Deng Ever since AI has been invented, it has been implemented through a multiarray of creative purposes, including art and literature. Scientific research is also inherently creative. Though AI can be an incredibly useful tool for discovery, there are dangers of treating it as a scientific partner. When AI creates art, it doesn’t
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Author: Janet Fan What if the next time you walk in for a colonoscopy, AI is helping your doctor diagnose you? AI is increasingly used in diagnostic tools for patients. While modern advancements in data collection makes machine learning more easy than ever before, they also come with great risks that are not always considered.
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Author: Bryan Lin Within hours of President Trump’s ban on international students at Harvard, Izzy Shen watched her approved visa application get rejected. The 23-year-old from Beijing had been set to begin her Master’s program at America’s most prestigious university, until she became collateral damage in the attack on academic excellence. And she is not
