Photography by Harold Mendoza for Unsplash By Steven Hernandez Chaos seems to have overtaken the halls of Congress. In the past month, three lawmakers from both political parties resigned from office after facing ethical investigations. With these three resignations, serious questions have been raised about whether the Ethics Committee is capable of effectively holding members of Congress accountable. What is the House Ethics Committee? The U.S. House Committee on Ethics, als

Design by Zury Cordova By Fahmid Alam Just a few years ago, the words “artificial intelligence” instilled people with an electrifying mix of excitement and concern, seeing it as a strange gift that came wrapped in possibility for all the different ways society could be developed. But even then, AI had been designated as a service, and many overlooked the implications of how that would shape the way it was used. With grand-scale demand that was growing at an exponential rate,

Design by Zury Cordova By Fiona Fahey During the 2024 Easter season, Donald Trump utilized the abundant media coverage of his second presidential campaign to endorse country singer Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” Bible. The $59.99 King James Bible is adorned with an image of the American flag and includes the words to intrinsic American documents such as the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Pledge of Allegiance, and a handwritten ch

Design by Max Pearson By Max Pearson If one thing defined Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign, it was ambitious ideas. Promising universal child care, rent freezes, free buses, and a $30 minimum wage, Mamdani's progressive stances strongly appealed to young New Yorkers feeling the squeeze of inflation and an increasing cost of living. With 75% of voters aged 18-29 voting for Mamdani (including 83% of Black youth, 85% of young Latinos, and 82% of young women), the new mayor ente

Design by Alessa Adhikari By Fahmid Alam “When the poor have nothing else to eat, they will eat the rich.” Once a sentiment made by Jean-Jacques Rousseau during the wealth inequality of the French Revolution, the words have been reclaimed and neatly repackaged into the ‘eat-the-rich’ movement of today, a preemptive defense against the rising disparity levels between classes that deems it necessary once again. Particularly, from January 2025 to January 2026 alone, the Consum

Design by Christian Branch By Eman Mubarik On November 19, 2025, President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act , requiring the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all information and documents related to the sex trafficking ring of minors operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Shortly after, on January 30, 2026, the DOJ released more than 3.5 million pages out of an estimated 6 million documents, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. How

Design by Christian Branch By Valentina Castañeda Castellanos At 6 a.m., when the airport usually is a quiet place, there are already security lines wrapping around the entire terminal, departure boards flashing “delayed,” and it seems like no one has a clue of what's going on. For travelers, trying to fly these days has become a real headache. Across the United States, airports have been dealing with constant disruptions, and the situation has been getting worse lately. One

Image Credit: Kevin Payravi By Fiona Fahey The year was 1964 — the Summer Olympics found their home in post-war Japan, The Beatles’ prevailing voices carried them away from Second Elizabethan England, and the United States, still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was standing on the cusp of a social revolution. The steady application of the nearly century-old Jim Crow laws heavily restricted the lives of non-White Americans, with nearly 12% of the

Photography by Alyssa Beaumont By Alyssa Beaumont Student-directed climate advocacy group TREEage assembled over 1,000 students from across the state and over 20 partner organizations to lobby lawmakers in Albany. The coalition marched through the Capitol building and met with state leaders on March 17 to demand the passage and protection of a series of sustainability and social justice legislations. TREEage played a key role in the fight to pass the 2019 Climate Leadership a

Photo Credit: Daniel X. O'Neil By Jayden Pantoja On February 4th, The Washington Post, under the direction of Jeff Bezos, announced layoffs of more than 300 journalists. The billionaire owner of Amazon and The Post forwarded the strategic plan to Executive Editor Matt Murray and Publisher Will Lewis when the company announced its plans to restructure. Despite Murray saying that these layoffs were due to a “strategic reset,” they still affected the organization in different as