By Daisy Ni (PO ’21) Tensions between the United States’ and North Korea have been escalating throughout the past year. 2018, however, seems to be bringing forth a new era of diplomacy. Kim Jong Un has extended an invitation to President Trump to meet, an invitation that Trump has accepted. Although Trump appears confident, he has simultaneously articulated the U.S.’s ability and...
By Isaac Cui (PO ’20) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially called Obamacare, is back in the federal district courts. On February 26, 2018, 20 states, led by Texas, filed suit against the United States seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act. While the remedy sought sounds drastic, the suit rests on dubious legal analysis, and it is...
By Kate Lambroza (Georgetown University ’18), Guest Contributor Introduction The status of women under Islam has garnered significant scholarly and political attention over the last several decades. However, consistent generalizations and misunderstandings have led to common Western misperceptions that women in Islam are oppressed and that Islam itself is the oppressor. Women’s rights in...
Conducted by April Xiaoyi Xu (PO ’18), Editor-in-Chief and Milo Kremer (PO ’20), Staff Writer Transcribed by Milo Kremer Stavros Lambrinidis has been the European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights since 2012. He previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece and Vice President of the European Parliament. A graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School...
By Daisy Ni (PO ’21) In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting on February 14, 2018, legislators at every level of government have been revisiting gun policy. One approach in particular, endorsed first by the NRA and now President Trump, rests upon the assumption that “the only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Trump, in response, has proposed a plan of arming...
By Jenna Lewinstein (SC ’19) The year 2017 was the deadliest year of mass shootings in the nation’s history. 2018 has already seen 34 mass shooting incidents, within its first two months. The most notable shooting of 2018 thus far was a school shooting in Parkland Florida that left 17 dead. Despite years of tragic deaths at the hand of guns, Republicans in Congress brought forward a bill...
By Cameron Miller (Stanford University ’16) Guest Contributor As America’s top law enforcement agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is tasked with investigating the most widespread and serious crimes and threats facing the nation. Among the Bureau’s investigative priorities are terrorism prevention, cyber and internet threats, civil rights, public corruption, white-collar...
By James Dail (CMC ’20) The thing that makes the United States unique among most nations is that Americans are not united by a common race or culture, but by a shared ideal. As it stands however, there is little agreement over what that ideal actually is. Majorities of Democrats believe that diversity and immigration are central to the United States’ national identity, while Republicans...
By Bryce Wachtell (PO ’21) On Monday, February 26th, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Zarda v. Altitude Express. The case resurrected an increasingly-pressing legal question: does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act—which explicitly encompasses protections against employer discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin—also implicitly protect...
By Daisy Ni (PO ’21) India ranked 154th on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index in 2015, making it among the biggest underachievers in Asia. Their public health situation is notorious, with increasing levels of water and air pollution as well as other issues such as malnutrition and poor sanitation. The Indian government has announced a new healthcare system—the National Health Protection...
