Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News One day, Stephen Lara was driving down the road of Reno, Nevada when he was pulled over by a police officer who asked to search his car. Lara, preferring to keep his money in cash instead of holding it in a bank, had hisRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News While Covid-19 related deaths dominated headlines in 2020, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is taking more lives than ever before, yet has received much less coverage.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021, more people aged 18-45 in the UnitedRead More

Established almost six years ago under the Obama Administration, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) was arguably the administration’s boldest move against anthropogenic climate change. The plan sets guidelines for each state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants by installing more efficient coal-burning systems and making anRead More

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera Chile, one of the world’s largest suppliers of natural resources, has been faced with public opposition due to its contribution to pollution and climate change. In response, the nation has appointed 155 Chileans to rewrite its Constitution to address the “climate and ecological emergency” causedRead More

Photo courtesy of CNN In the far west corner of China lies the territory of Xinjiang, which is three times the size of France and covers a vast expanse of deserts, mountains, and grasslands. This territory, home to more than one million Uighur Muslims, has been the center of numerousRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 Covid-19 is not the only pandemic that Latin America is facing. Latin America’s nutrition crisis has grown increasingly worse over the past year, and unfortunately, Covid has not helped the situation. In just the past year, the number of people without access to adequate foodRead More

Photo courtesy of The Boston Globe Once the darling of Silicon Valley, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed startup Theranos, is currently facing 11 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Her trial is expected to get a ruling sometime after December 17. The public first grew suspicious of Holmes inRead More

Graphic courtesy of Yujin Kim ’23 The 26th Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, kicked off in Glasgow on October 31. The summit brings countries together in an attempt to solve climate problems and accelerate action toward the goals set by the Paris Climate Accord and the UNRead More

Photo courtesy of The Hill In the days since the November 2, 2021 elections, the long-standing, popular media outlets, Fox News and CNN, have been vigorously debating reasons that lead to the Virginia Gubernatorial race “upset” of Democrat Terry McAuliffe by Republican Glenn Youngkin. The wildest claim is that McAuliffeRead More