In the year since June 2022, the landscape of abortion access in the United States has fundamentally shifted. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, therefore leaving the issue of abortion up to each state to decide on. Within a matter of months, the country saw […]

As time winds down to the one year anniversary of Elon Musk’s (he/him) acquisition of X- formerly Twitter- Elon Musk’s struggles to keep control over the $44b social media app, have become more apparent.  Because Musk made the company X private, therefore removing it from the stock market; the exact market value of X is […]

Last November, Massachusetts’ voters decided yes on Question 1, which established an additional 4% tax on income over one million dollars. The estimated two billion dollars raised by what has come to be known as the “Fair Share Amendment,” would be earmarked for education and transportation use. Voters awaited the approval of the state budget […]

The Republican Primary is stalling. The first GOP debate failed to show a path forward for any other candidate to overtake former President Donald Trump, who continues to dominate Republican polling. While the former president continues to poll in the low 50%, none of his other rivals can beat 15% or higher. This notably includes […]

As of September 15, 2023, Hurricane Lee makes a final approach to the New England region and has been predicted to make landfall within the late evening hours, into the morning of September 16, 2023. Hurricane Lee marks one of the fourteen named storms reported in 2023- five of which were hurricanes, (Burke). Lee started […]

Plans to institute a civilian led government in Sudan have stalled indefinitely after violent conflict broke out between two military factions involved in the deal. The agreement between the military and civilian groups was supposed to have been finalized on April 6th, the anniversary of civilian protests that eventually led the military to overthrow Sudan’s […]

On October 12th, 2022, the United States Food and Drug Association (FDA) posted on their website that there was a shortage of “amphetamine mixed salts,” better known as Adderall or Adderall IR. Months later, many people are still struggling to get their prescriptions. The shortage has many possible reasons, from manufacturing and supply chain issues […]

In the ongoing international conflict between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations have been made that have the potential to either exacerbate or diminish the struggle. From March 20th to March 23rd, the president of China, Xi Jinping (he/him), traveled to Russia to meet with Russian president, Vladimir Putin (he/him), on the matter of de-escalation of the […]

After the The Covenant School shooting in Nashville that killed six people, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on April 6th to expel two of the three Democratic lawmakers who joined protests at the state Capitol. The group that has been called “the Tennessee Three” includes Justin Jones (D-Nashville, he/him), Justin Pearson (D-Memphis, he/him), and […]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (he/him) is under fire after his relationship with billionaire Harlan Crowe (he/him) has raised ethical concerns. On April 6th, the investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica published a report that revealed Thomas took vacations with Crow worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. A trip to Indonesia in 2019 would have cost the […]