Derek Chauvin – the Minneapolis cop who choked George Floyd to death last May – has been on trial since the beginning of April. The trial is now in its final stages. The prosecution called scores of witnesses to make their case. A paramedic who was one of the first to...
The Supreme Court has recently begun hearing a case that has reignited a debate around whether college athletes should be paid or not. Under current laws, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), which is the institution that organizes college athletics,...
Last month a new record of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was measured at 420 parts per million — the highest ever recorded. This marks the first time in recorded history where CO2 emissions are 50% more than they were before industrialization. Though...
It’s now 156 years after the Civil War and 56 years after the Civil Rights Movement won the Voting Rights Act, but the voting rights of Black people in this country are still under attack. The mass media has focused on Georgia, where the state legislature passed a law...
It has been ten years since the people of Egypt overthrew Hosni Mubarak, the dictator who ruled that country for 30 years. Mubarak was forced out of office by mass demonstrations which began in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 25th. The population had faced 30 years...
