Who remembers the Armenians? This is a fictional question that some people have falsely attributed to Hitler. Because many people did not remember the Armenian Genocide, it is claimed that Hitler invoked this to justify the Holocaust. In this age of technology and global interconnection, one would expect that knowledge of current events would be […]
How history helped us understand 2020
Why haven’t we been back to the moon? By Justin Ghawi
December of 1972 was the last time that men stepped foot on the moon. Why have we not gone back since? What’s changed since then? Space exploration was a new phenomenon following the end of World War II. At this time, tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union. The nuclear arms […]
What Just Happened: A Recap of One Crazy Election, By Daniel Sieradski
The time is ten o’clock at night on December 12th, 2000, I was asleep because, well I was a year old, but for all other American adults that is time stamp might have been stuck in their heads over the last week. Ten o’clock at night on December 12th, 2000 was the exact time that […]
Athletes And Protest: A Hunger For Change, by Giancarlo Mascaro
Politics, protest, and school lunches; normally these things aren’t featured in the same series of events. International soccer player Marcus Rashford has brought new meaning to athletes and protest through his new June campaign aiming to tackle poverty. His campaign to increase funding for school meals during Summer, and more recently Winter recess, has been […]
The Age of Automation: Should We Be Afraid of Machines Taking Our Jobs? by Dakota Eagen
When new technology is introduced, it often causes many people to fear that it will “steal” jobs, and these fears do appear to have some basis. A recent report released by Brookings Institution predicts that up to 25% of US jobs are at risk of being lost to machines(1). As computers and artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg & the Women’s Liberation Movement What Do We Do Without Ruth? We March! by Kailey Gerard
This year has had a mind boggling amount of events happen, and it’s only the beginning of October. So many of these events have affected people personally. From the worldwide pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the wildfires currently ravaging California, almost everyone has had something that hits close to home. For me, it […]
Baseball and the Virus: A Tale of Two Pandemics, by Matt Guarnaccia
September 29, 2020 is arguably the most important day of the entire year. Fierce adversaries will face off against one another in what could be the most consequential head-to-head battle of all time. No, I am not talking about the presidential debate. I am talking about the start of the Major League Baseball playoffs. What […]
The History of Presidential Debates: Should Biden have agreed to the debates? by Carter Boalt
Tonight on September 29th, 2020 there will be the first of three Presidential debates of this election. The Showdown is between current President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Both Trump and Biden have agreed to participate in these debates. According to Seth Cohen, a contributor to Forbes Magazine, there are a few […]
Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter Protests-How Can We Prevent History From Repeating Itself? By Sebastian Gaibur
Even though the pandemic has forced many Americans to take shelter in their homes, that has not hampered the fight for civil rights from being waged in America. History repeats itself as people come together and march under one banner, one belief, one goal against a government they feel has failed them. Everyday hundreds of […]
Death During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: What Did We Learn? by Nicole Loperfido
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in the United States on March 13, 2020 due to the mass outbreak of Covid-19.4 While unexpected, this is not the first time the United States has been faced with a pandemic. Prior to 2020, one of the most notable pandemics within fairly recent American history was the […]