Outside the Bubble

Over the past decades, political conversations have gradually shifted from meaningful face-to-face interactions to seemingly unending Facebook comment threads. To combat the negative effects of those all-too-familiar heated online…

By BRENDA WINN NEWS EDITOR This week, SpaceX announced their plans to launch the first-ever private moon mission in 2018. This would be the first time people will have traveled to the moon in 45 years, according to NPR. The last time a…

On Wednesday, the Turkish government ended the Muslim headscarf ban for female army officers. According to the BBC, this ban has been effective since the 1980s. The military was considered the final warden of secularism in Turkey’s…

Throughout the last five years, the Republicans used the Senate’s filibuster rule to strike down several legislations and presidential nominations. The GOP was rapidly deemed “the party of no” by the Democratic Party, but now it appears…

Third time’s a charm, so they say. That philosophy is one Qatar hopes to prove true as they apply for their third bid in an attempt to get on the ballot as a possible host nation for the 2024 Olympics. The richest country per capita has…

By ALLY FRIEDMAN MANAGING EDITOR At last count, 13 women have died at a mass sterilization camp in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh this week. Dr. R.K. Gupta sterilized 83 women in just six hours on Saturday, despite protocol…

1. Republicans edged out Democratic candidates in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, and North Carolina to secure the Senate majority and bolster their majority in the House. 2. The Obama administration just suffered the worst midterm election…

By: Ally Friedman Managing Co-Editor Rarely do we hear much about China’s “Golden Goose,” in any context other than financial news. Hong Kong, which is technically a “Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China,” but…