On September 21, the United Nations (U.N.) turned 75. Praised for its global peacekeeping initiatives and attention to human rights, the institution has received considerable credit for its work. However, criticism has heightened recently as people have begun more closely evaluating some of the U.N.’s practices.  While many of theRead More

“We have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights,” said Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in May of 1967. This idea has endured across decades and is evident in today’s galvanized youth, many of whom have spent the past summer demanding justice forRead More

In the Chinese province of Xinjiang, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a complete erasure of the Uyghur ethnic group. Over one million members of the Muslim minority have been forced into thinly-veiled concentration camps to endure human rights atrocities. This may be the largest religion-based imprisonment sinceRead More

With coronavirus cases surging across the country, the limits of the U.S. healthcare system have become more evident. Campbell Pflaum ’23 argues that enforcing the Affordable Care Act is the only solution to protecting the uninsured.

Firefighters in Tehran, Iran, disinfect streets. Photo Courtesy of NBC News. The combination of limited medical supplies and rigid U.S. sanctions has impeded the ability of impoverished countries to withstand the many challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of lifting sanctions and aiding countries with climbing death tolls and dwindlingRead More

In March, Singapore was credited with having a model response to the coronavirus pandemic. Two months later, despite access to a premier healthcare system and a variety of resources, Singapore’s confirmed cases grew from a mere 266 to more than 21,000. So, what went wrong?  Singapore sucessfully contained the firstRead More

Checkpoint near Yaotai in Guangzhou, China. The country closed the region to Africans. Photo courtesy of The Guardian Instead of recognizing Covid-19 as a common enemy, world leaders have channeled nationalist and discriminatory practices, reflecting a global trend of leaders around the world prioritizing politics and image over cooperation andRead More

Photo courtesy of ABC News As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, incarceration systems pose a serious threat to containing the spread of the virus. Because of the close proximity of the prisoners, contracting and spreading the coronavirus becomes very easy — prisons in the U.S. are nowRead More

Sabahat Rahman ’21, a resident in Saudi Arabia, reflects on the changes in her life following the safety measures her country has enacted in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. [Photo courtesy of Arab News]