Opinion
What Malawi’s Re-run Election Tells Us About Democracy
If someone asked, which country would you say was a lesson in expanding democracy during the pandemic? To many, the answer is no longer America, “the beacon of democracy,” but few might guess this answer. As authoritarian governments tightened their…
A New Frontier in Product Liability: Will Social Media be the Big Tobacco of Our Generation?
A 14-year-old boy in the throes of a mental health crisis, a mother distrustful of social media, and a lawyer with decades of experience in asbestos poisoning: Meet the players behind a new lawsuit charging four of the world’s biggest…
Can Litigation Hold Top Universities to Promises of Meritocracy?
A recent class action filed against Columbia University is the latest in a stream of lawsuits against elite institutions in the past few years. What has motivated our current litigious climate against highly ranked universities? Class action complaints have alleged…
The Final Countdown: The Race to Protect Earth’s Last Unexplored Environment
The countdown to save earth’s final frontier has begun. The United Nations International Seabed Authority (ISA), an autonomous group of 167 member states which manages international seabed exploration and extraction, is currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica to decide on watershed…
China’s Exhausting Environmental Militancy Against Taiwan
One of China’s primary environmental aggressions toward Taiwan comes in the form of pillaging a precious—but easily plunderable—natural resource. The resource is sand, which is unexpectedly the world’s second most used resource. As one of the primary materials used to…
Will the Future of Abortion Litigation Rest on Religious Freedom Claims?
The summer’s news cycle has been dominated by stories of supreme and state court rulings eroding social protections secured by landmark cases over past decades. The overturning of Roe v. Wade by way of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…
The Stakes of China’s Covid Policy
Between early April and June 1, life in Shanghai – China’s financial hub and a city home to 25 million people – came to a halt. Streets emptied from their usual constant bustle, shops and restaurants shut their doors, and…
A Feminist Awakening in China
2:40 A.M., June 10, 2022, Tangshan city in northeastern China –– A man entered a barbecue restaurant and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who rejected his advance. In response, the…