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Mecca Under Siege
Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, is effectively canceled this year, due to concerns around the spread of the coronavirus. But, for two we…
5 years, 11 months ago
There's Something About Mary
When a cook who carried typhoid fever refused to stop working, despite showing no symptoms, the authorities forcibly quarantined her for nearly three…
5 years, 11 months ago
Why 2020 Isn't Quite 1968
Protests, racial divisions, political polarization, and a law-and-order president – it's easy to draw comparisons between 2020 and 1968. But, Adam S…
5 years, 11 months ago
Presidential Power
What can and can't the president do, and how do we know? When the framers of the U.S. constitution left vague the powers of the executive branch they…
5 years, 11 months ago
American Police
Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, …
5 years, 11 months ago
Hong Kong
Last week, the Chinese government made the latest and perhaps the most serious move yet to crack down on Hong Kong's semi-autonomy. It's just the lat…
6 years ago
Conspiracy
Since the beginning of the pandemic, conspiracy theories about the coronavirus have exploded. But conspiracy theories themselves are nothing new - in…
6 years ago
The Mask
The N95 respirator has become one of the most coveted items in the world, especially by medical professionals. But how did this seemingly simple mas…
6 years ago
Endless War
North Korea's famous for being a black box, one of the most secretive and authoritarian countries in the world. It has a nuclear stockpile. A history…
6 years ago
Meltdown
In the early hours of March 28, 1979, a system malfunction began what would become the worst nuclear accident in American history. What ensued punctu…
6 years, 1 month ago