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Brendan Lugoperez The ubiquity of semiconductors places the industry at the intersection of trade politics and national security strategies.[1] Currently, the United States has two key mechanisms to navigate the economic confrontation with China over the industry: export controls and outbound investment screening to navigate through the ongoing trade war.[2] China has responded with the […]

Caroline Schaeffer History has marched forward with women gaining more rights, like the ability to vote and contract from picket lines and slogans.[1] However, this has not been an equal march, and in many countries, women still face debilitating gender discrimination.[2] This victimization of half the population poses a significant obstacle in asylum claims. U.S.

Ishan Singh “Make that move right now, baby. You only go out once in a lifetime.”[1] Make That Move was one of many hit songs by Shalamar before the group broke up. Shalamar was made up of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel.[2] Shalamar’s origins trace back to Soul Train and eventually operated under

Luca Costin In recent years, Minnesota small talk has shifted from snow to haze. Smoke emanating from wildfires in Canada has traveled south across the border, darkening our skies. The past three years have been some of Canada’s worst years for wildfires on record.[1] In July, four Minnesota lawmakers sent a letter to the Canadian

Jazz Ward Mass media holds a vast level of power over people. It controls not just our schedules, our communications, and our serotonin, but also how and why we think about current events. Critical thinking may be encouraged when reading academic papers or encountering divisive online rhetoric, but how has mass media shaped our thoughts

Teagan L. Danilowicz In 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, establishing the United States Space Force as a branch of the Air Force.[1] According to §9091 of the Act, the functions of the Space Force include “providing freedom of operations in… the space domain for the

Micah Winters It’s been less than four years since a journalistic coalition dubbed “the Pegasus Project” upended the preexisting global paradigm of digital rights and surveillance technology by documenting the incredible and chilling scope of remotely-directed state surveillance of the devices of journalists, activists, and political dissidents via a novel commercial technology, spyware.[1] The use

Nisat Chowdhury People all around the world are starting to pay more attention to the growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else.[1] The COVID-19 pandemic definitely made things worse, helping the wealthiest get even richer while leaving the rest of society behind.[2] This has sparked a lot of worry about inequality, and one idea

River Campbell The European Union (“EU”) straddles an awkward juxtaposition. On the one hand, the EU poses as the figurehead for continental governance in Europe. On the other, its scope of authority remains narrow, and it possesses no substantial mechanism for enforcement of many areas of law. Thus, the question arises: How does the EU

Alex Mysler            What counts as a genocide? Does it matter what we consider genocide if we still recognize the fact that something is an atrocity?            The debate over the breadth or narrowness of the definition of the term “genocide” shows that there is some importance