Sahir Sadat 
Sarah Olivia Sullivan 
Vivian Welch 
Andrew Kravatz 
Nathan Wellman 
From Nakba to the Global Sumud Flotilla: Gaza’s Blockade, Civil Resistance and the Fragile Ceasefire of 2025
Nia Cruz Photo via Doctors With Africa *** The roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict lie in the long-standing Nakba (“catastrophe”)…
Empty Shelves and Crowded Airports: The Far-Reaching Fallout of the Government Shutdown
Sara Starace Photo via Yahoo *** Recently, the United States of America had been in the longest government shutdown in…
Beyond the Finish Line: Community in Action
Audrey Shooner Photo via the New York Times *** The day of the New York City Marathon is the one…
The Beauty Industry Taught Me to Hate My Skin, But I’m Done Buying It
Kate Stover Outside of Sephora—a major beauty store. Photo via USA Today. *** Glass skin. Phototherapy. Gua Sha. Clean Girl.…
The Church’s Response to the Trump Administration’s Ungodly Mass-Deportation Campaign
Photo via the Vatican Media *** When U.S. President Donald J. Trump returned to office this past January,…
How Much a Dollar Costs: Why Prop Bets Threaten the Integrity of Sports and Democracy
Thomas Tisdale Photo via the Dallas Morning News *** One early October morning, just two days into the new season,…
Escalating Tensions Between Venezuela and the US
Camila Miranda Image via Jeff Frampton GZero Media *** The already fragile relationship between Venezuela and the U.S. has reached…
Converts and Conflict: Islam’s Increasing Influence
Catherine Topps Photo via NPR *** Following Zohran Mamdani’s historic win in early November, which made him New York City’s…
The Ritual of Voting: How Iraq’s Democracy Lost Its Meaning
Amelia Felice Photo via NBC *** “Many of my friends and relatives, even people with higher degrees, have just lost…