America’s Victims: How Intervention led to Breaches in our National Security

The mainstream narrative that we are sold by the media about migration into the United States is simple: the poor come to this country to escape the plights of their home countries and follow the American dream to become rich and prosperous. While this idea sounds star-spangled awesome, there is a dark side to why people have moved to the US in the past century. While there are clear and present dangers to people in lower-income countries, such as natural disasters, the main culprit is social immobility. In the United States, there is a vague belief that anyone can be anything: The American Dream.

Inequality in Death: Why California should Abolish the Death Penalty

California has not executed a death row inmate since January 2006, yet still has 690 inmates living in fear of execution. In 2012 and 2016, propositions to abolish the death penalty failed. In 2012, the proposition was defeated with 51.95% of the vote, and in 2016, the proposition was defeated with 53.15% of the vote. In comparison, President Obama received 59.3% of the vote in California in 2012 and Hilary Clinton received 61.5% in 2016. The stark contrast between the two results can be explained by the American fear of crime and its importance in elections.

The Afghanistan Project: American Jingoism Gone Wrong

The American populace, fueled with rage and revenge following the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the George W. Bush Administration took that anger and radically shifted the geopolitical position of the United States. Initiating the War on Terror, Bush placed the blame for the attacks on the Taliban, a militant group which had taken control of Afghanistan only a few years earlier in 1996.

U.S. Presidential Impeachment: A Political Contest

The impeachment process for Presidents of the United States has become an ineffective and biased political endeavour that lacks meaning beyond which party controls the House of Representatives and/or the Senate.

NationDylan Chicorel April 1, 2020congress, US, government, Trump, partisanComment

“Birth Tourism” Blocked by New Trump Policy

The issue and morality of “anchor babies” is already surrounded by a lot of controversy—by cracking down on “birth tourism”, it seems this amendment will simply trigger more protests and backlash for the administration to deal with

NationAna Cristina GarridoMarch 26, 2020California, birth tourism, nationality, America first, Trump, citizenship, children, maternity, hotels, ICEComment

How to Create a “Rogue State”

Iran is a renegade regime simply because the United States has always labelled it one, it’s behavior is a reaction to the international isolation forced upon it.

GlobeDalton BarthauerFebruary 16, 2020Iran, Student, Analysis, Airstrike, Soleimani, US, Trump, CIA, Mossaadegh, sanctions, PahlaviComment

Green is the New Red: Russia’s Nascent Environmental Movement

While Russians were once famously dismissive of climate change, in part due to relentless propaganda designed to protect economic interests, the globalization of Russian society has brought a wave of counter-influence from abroad.

GlobeChloe CraigJanuary 9, 2020Russia, environment, Putin, TrumpComment