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(12/12/18 9:37pm)
Developed in 2012 by scientists at the University of California at Berkeley, “CRISPR” is a procedure that could allow scientists to edit the human genome more cheaply and effectively than ever before. Since its introduction, much has been speculated about the double-edged nature of the technology: It could bring about an end to some of humanity’s worst diseases, but it could also bring about the dystopia of genetically modified humans and “superbabies.”
(11/07/18 7:08am)
The 2018 midterm elections have been showered with an unprecedented amount of attention and speculation. Yet, despite this burning anticipation, the results of the election yielded an outcome predicted by most pundits when the midterms first arose on the public’s radar a couple months ago: a Democratic victory in the House and a Republican victory in the Senate.
(11/01/18 4:28am)
On Oct. 10, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement outlining its plan to expand the definition of public charge. In the United States, a "public charge" is a person whom the government sees as too dependent on welfare, and is thus subject to having their green card or visa application denied.
(10/10/18 7:39pm)
For two weeks, it felt like the entire country was consumed by the debate surrounding the Kavanaugh hearings. Kavanaugh and Ford served as proxies for the left and the right in an ideological and cultural battle that swept the nation. How far had the country progressed since Anita Hill, since third-wave feminism, since #MeToo?
