Nov. 23, on the tail-end of Black Friday and with the holiday season fast approaching, Foxconn—the world’s largest contract electronics maker—was hit with a riot led by hundreds of protesting factory workers. Chants from employees of, “Give us our pay!” grinded the usual bustle characteristic…
Throughout the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, and especially over the past year, Florida has been defined by its increasingly lax COVID-19 policies and procedures. However, as respiratory illness continues to ravage the country this flu season, Los Angeles County on the opposite end of…
The end of each semester is marked by emails from the Provost’s Office to students, asking them to fill out Instructional Evaluations—to share their thoughts on the content of their courses and the helpfulness and accessibility of their professors. Students are highly encouraged to fill…
Pediatricians across the country are petitioning the Biden administration to declare a state of emergency over the uptick in respiratory illness for patients admitted to U.S. hospitals. This request from hospitals and doctors lobbying the Biden administration is coming off the back of a triple…
Why is it when going into a grocery store, or even shopping through your favorite e-tailer, everything is priced $19.99, $49.99 or $99.99 rather than just rounding up to the next whole number? This isn’t just a coincidence, or subliminal government messaging, but actually has…
2022 has officially become the second-highest year ever recorded for the annual number of mass shootings according to data gathered from the Gun Violence Archive, an independent research group that tracks gun violence in the U.S. Since the beginning of the year to today, there…
A new bill passed by the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives has mandated that climate change must be taught at all Connecticut public schools for their science curriculum. The bill is slated to go into effect starting July of 2023 and has made Connecticut…
On Nov. 15, the Polish village of Przewodów, residing near the Polish-Ukrainian border, was struck by two missiles. It was confirmed that the blasts killed two people. Amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, the incident proves to be one of the latest examples of international violence…
On Apr. 4 2022, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk revealed that he was social media giant Twitter’s largest shareholder, with a 9% stake in the company, equivalent to about 73.5 million shares. On that same day, Twitter agreed to appoint…
€1.60 a day, €49 a month for unlimited public transportation. Germany plans to unroll a brand-new, cost-effective transport initiative beginning the first day of 2023. Following the success of the 9-Euro-Ticket, which launched in the summer of 2022, amenities bundled with the purchase of the…
