Photo courtesy of Pexels.com. By Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer “COVID fatigue” is the name given to the widespread mental exhaustion affecting many people due to the effects of the current pandemic. [1] This fatigue has been brought on by the “constant threat of illness, layoffs, and deaths while being […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer It’s no surprise to anyone that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live. This is an unprecedented time for all of us, and it will be a time that will be forever engrained into our collective psyche. But […]
Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com By Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer Some of the biggest technology companies in the country involve changing the ways that political campaigns and other groups can target voters on their websites. Through a marketing strategy known as “microtargeting,” political campaigns and groups use computer data to […]
Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.com By Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer This past June, the people of Hong Kong took to the streets to protest local legislation that would have permitted mainland China to extradite fugitives residing in Hong Kong.[1] Since then, demonstrations have become violent, and the world has been watching […]
By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer Earlier this month, Purdue Pharma LP lost a bid to delay a trial set to begin in May.[1] The company is being sued by Oklahoma’s attorney general, who accuses the company of exacerbating opioid abuse and overdoses within Oklahoma.[2] Purdue Pharma produces OxyContin, an opioid-based painkiller […]
By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer Recently, Christoph Flügge, a senior judge at one of the United Nations’ International Criminal Court (ICC), made international headlines when he resigned from his position citing political interference from Turkey and the United States.[1] Flügge, a German judge who had been a judge on […]
By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer A federal judge in New York will soon make a decision on the issue of whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 census.[1] According to the Commerce Secretary, Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the proposed question […]
By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer The American Bar Association’s (ABA) National Mental Health Day for Law Schools took place on October 10, 2018.[1] On this day, law schools across the country were encouraged to sponsor programs concerning the stigma of depression and anxiety among law school students and lawyers, […]
