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Beneath the icy surface of the Arctic lies a treasure trove of approximately $11 trillion in undiscovered natural resources, including oil, iron and diamond. Climate change is expected to fully melt Arctic ice by 2050, opening the door for…

Over this past weekend, three Palestinian students — Hisham Arwartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tasheen Ahmed — were shot in Burlington, Vermont, just three short hours from St. Lawrence University. The assailants targeted them for wearing…

On Tuesday night, seven students threw their hats in the ring to replace The Thelomaethsian Society’s outgoing representatives. Among the positions they contended for were secretary, vice president of senate affairs, vice president of…

This past weekend, I came across statements calling my last article "bullshit," "biased and problematic," and "disgusting." I was shocked and upset to learn that students were so distressed by my writing. I never meant to cause anyone…

The ongoing war between HAMAS and Israel is a microcosm of a larger conflict between the Muslim world and the Western world that has been unfolding for decades, and the root of this conflict is Western colonialism. For…

Let’s talk about it. The prison system in this country is f***ed (flawed). It’s been manipulated by politicians such as Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton to oppress people of color. There…

The title of this article comes from a quote by an elderly Armenian woman seeking asylum in Armenia from Azerbaijani forces that invaded her homeland in the Caucasus mountains last week. While the typical assumption upon reading this…

Earlier this year, enraged yet disenfranchised Brazilian citizens stormed the Capitol, demanding the reinstatement of Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. They claimed that the democratic election of his successor, President Luis…