Your guide to trans activism through individual support and everyday acts.  January 20th, 2025, shortly after being sworn in to office, current U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order recognizing the existence of only two sexes—male and female—and declaring that a person could not legally present as a gender different from that declared at birth.  Despite consistent attempts made to erase the transgender community, denying the existence of an entire body of people does no

How Trump’s foreign policy and Europe’s defense response could redefine NATO’s future. Since its founding in 1949 during the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has provided collective defense and security for most of Europe, Canada, and the United States. Now, the alliance’s spending and dynamics are becoming uncertain, as political tensions rise and leaders like President Donald Trump remain in power. Although NATO is considered one of the most powerful

As the new and controversial Deputy Director of the FBI assumes responsibility, his past experiences and statements, as well as future plans for the agency should be questioned. On February 23rd, 2025, President Trump appointed the MAGA loyalist, talk-show host, and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino as Deputy Director of the FBI — an unprecedented and polarizing decision (however, it must be noted that unprecedented has become the norm for this administration).  The pos

Investigating the lack of common knowledge and education surrounding mass atrocity crimes.  Many genocides have happened throughout history, yet common knowledge and social studies classes only describe a few; what other genocides have we not heard about? And why haven’t we?  Researchers and historians propose a variety of reasons why the Holocaust is the most –if only– widely remembered genocide, namely the scale, thorough documentation, and Eurocentric nature of the crime. 

Who are Trump’s cabinet picks, what might their positions be, and what do they mean for the Trump Administration? After Donald Trump emerged as the victor of the 2024 U.S. presidential election cycle a month ago, he quickly mobilized to put together his second presidential cabinet, roughly a month earlier than he did the first time in 2016. This second time around, Trump’s presidential cabinet picks have notably contrasted the first — not just in the speed at which they were

As the war in Ukraine approaches its third year, many bystanders wonder what caused this conflict to arise in a mostly peaceful...