America: the land of opportunity. Immigration has been the foundational stone for the United States of America since its establishment. For the past few decades, immigration has not only been on the rise, but it has also become one of the focal points of American society, welfare, and politics. The United States was built, in part, by immigrants, and the nation has long been the beneficiary of the new energy and ingenuity that immigrants bring. Today, one in seven of the nation’s residents are foreign-born, while one in eight residents is a native-born U.S. citizen with at least one immigrant parent. Although the Statue of Liberty, one of the premier symbols of the United States, welcomes “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” America’s relationship with its immigrants has long been complicated…

At the cusp of a historic presidential election, the push for voter turnout across the U.S. holds clear prominence as the looming decision approaches. Yet one factor could make all the difference: the youth vote. Young people, ages ranging from 18 to 24 years old, have made a consistent decline in voting rates in the past. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, young adult voting rates dropped to as low as 32.4% in the 1996 presidential election. To put it into perspective, voter turnout just two years ago in 2018 was at a high 66.1% for voters aged 65 and up. So how is this election, and all elections both local and federal, going to play out any different from here on out?…

In late May of 2020, President Donald Trump went on Twitter to air his thoughts about the current events of the day. He decided to focus on mail-in voting, which was a major topic of discussion as the country dealt with the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his tweets, he claimed that mail-in ballots would be rife with fraud, with forged signatures and fake ballots being printed as examples of alleged fraudulent behavior. However, President Trump made these claims about mail-in ballots without any kind of evidence. So, in order to stop disinformation from swaying the general public, Twitter placed a warning on those tweets, providing a link to facts about mail-in voting that stand in stark contrast to the president’s claims. As a result, President Trump signed an executive order as retaliation regarding Section 230 and the safeguards social media companies receive under the provision…

A healthcare provider must maintain confidentiality when it comes to protecting information about their client. Laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) make sure of this. Additionally, the Hippocratic Oath sworn by doctors mentions a need to respect the privacy of their patients. However, what are the limits of confidentiality? Does a therapist have a duty to warn of impending danger from a patient to a third party? The therapy of a patient creates the ability for the therapist to potentially foresee dangers that threaten others. But, by warning others, a physician or therapist breaks the confidentiality of the patient and breaches the Hippocratic Oath…

In 1998 at a local bar, a young Wyoming college student named Mathew Sheapard was approached by two men who pretended to be gay. The two men offered Mathew a ride home, and drove him to a rural area. They then proceeded to tie him up to a fence along the country road, and beat him to the point of crushing his skull. Similarly, James Byrd Jr. was approached by three men who took him to a remote area where he was beaten severely and then tied by the ankles of a pickup truck where he was dragged for miles till his death. These heinous murders where both not convicted as hate crimes, due to hate crime laws being nonexistent in the states Byrd and Shepard were murdered in…

On May 25, 2020, the world witnessed the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. The world wanted justice, but the police did nothing. Soon, people took to the streets all across the country demanding justice for Floyd. However, when the government finally decided to act, their actions felt underwhelming. The people deserved more. Floyd deserved more. Now the narrative has changed, and people want a change in how policing is structured altogether. This change ushers the possibility of defunding the police, which aims to move funds away from the police and into the community…

Garnering national attention, Specialist Vanessa Guillen’s disappearance have sparked conversation about the military’s protocol for handling cases of sexual assault and harassment. From trending hashtags to national marches and petitions demanding a change in policy, the feedback is clear: there must be change. To better explore and understand the effect of the situation, we will first go over the basic facts of Guillen’s disappearance, look into how sexual assault/harassment is handled in the military, and explore the possible new changes for reform…