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By: Alisa Adzhemyan Across the world, both music and film serve as powerful platforms for social and political movements. From songs that unify protestors to films that project marginalized voices onto global screens, these creative mediums help foster identity, amplify activism, and mobilize change. Music has long been a mobilizing force within social movements, enabling groups to articulate collective identity, express emotion, and sustain momentum. For example, Kyomugish

By: Bennett Artizada The ongoing reality faced by countless young individuals is that the dream of homeownership is increasingly unattainable. Factors such as rapidly rising house prices, an increase in insurance, and the burden of student debt have transformed homeownership from a realistic objective into a distant aspiration. This troubling trend not only affects the financial stability of young people but also impacts their overall sense of security and future planning. U

By: Jaden Park Globally, artificial intelligence, also known as AI, is radically changing the nature of economies and jobs, sparking significant ethical discussion and innovative productivity within society. The ability of intelligent machines to learn, reason, and automate complex processes is transforming workforces around the globe at a rate never seen before as they integrate into a number of industries. According to recent analysis by the University of St. Thomas, artif

By: Joshua Blond The government in Africa is currently the victim of a wide variety of coups, with this rise in coups being a huge threat to African Democracy. Coups are defined as illegal if not overt attempts to seize control over a government. There are four main variations of coups. Palace coups are when one part of government displaces another. Putsch is a planned attempt, typically by the military, to overthrow the government. A self-coup is when an appointed official

By: Yusra Asad California’s political mainstream has always been closely tied to its immigrant communities. However, in 2025, the influence of Mexican-origin Californian immigrants has come too far and is impossible to overlook. From the city of Los Angeles to Fresno, the same families who built California’s farm lands, factories, and towns are now shaping the state’s policies and political landscape. Their voices echo in city halls and as far as to universities—reflecting a

By: Syuzanna Zakaryan  In modern society, digital information is one of the most powerful resources, yet in many countries it is highly controlled. Many governments and private organizations have implemented online censorship measures that limit access to certain types of content. Digital censorship is a major topic due to its impact on society, most commonly seen in the restriction of information and shaping public opinion.   Digital censorship can be different. According

By: Ixli Hidalgo More than 8.6 million civilians living in Sudan have fled their homes since the conflict started. To put into perspective, that is about 16 percent of the total population of Sudan. The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which is the official military of Sudan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is a powerful paramilitary group, began in April 2023 and has been called “one of the fastest unfolding crises globally” (OCHA, 2024). These tw

By: Raashi Khamkar The United Nations is an international organization dedicated to achieving universal unity. Established right after World War II in 1945, the UN is committed to strengthening international peace and security as well as promoting a positive environment for social progress. The UN assists with improving the lives of those experiencing poverty, human conflict, climate conflict, disease, and illiteracy, just to name a few. The United Nations regards itself as

By: Sanchana Sundararajan The Amazon rainforest is often referred to as the lungs of our planet, holding over 390 billion trees and more than 10% of all known species on Earth. Yet, ironically, it is shrinking every single day, gasping for air as deforestation spreads. Deforestation is the large-scale clearing of forests, often through logging, burning or agriculture, where trees are removed faster than they can naturally grow. The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest matt

By: Kayla Penhasi Space Races have never truly ended—they have only evolved. The Cold War’s first Space Race reemerged in 2019 in the form of acknowledging space as a warfighting domain. NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—officially recognizes five domain operations in warfare: Maritime, Land, Air, Space, Cyberspace (Giordano, 2023, October 5)—space being formally established as one of these domains in 2019 (Dolman, 2022). With space becoming a domain of warfare and

By: Vardui Chtrkyan For many young people, global issues can feel distant, confined to headlines and news tickers. But for Mane...

By: Joshua Blond In today’s world, social media, digital news outlets, and broadcast media shape how people communicate and engage in...

By: Raashi Khamkar The ideology of sanctions has helped many governmental bodies. However, sanctions are a multifaceted concept...

By: Yusra Asad When Nepal’s government announced a social media ban in September 2025, it expected to strengthen control. Rather, it...

By: Kayla Penhasi As the world races to cut carbon emissions, this raises the question of whether or not nuclear energy is a sustainable...

By: Syuzanna Zakaryan In many regions, government spending is more concentrated in paying back former loans than on funding hospitals or...

By: Alisa Adzhemyan Armenia and Azerbaijan have conflicted over the region called Nagorno-Karabakh (Called Artsakh by Armenia) for...

By: Angelica Geokhyan An estimated 30% of all retail garments are never sold to the public: they are to be disposed of as they are no...

By: Natali Hayotsyan August 2021 marked the beginning of the end for women in Afghanistan. The once democratic government was overthrown...