By Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer On March 31, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the first of three religious rights cases on the docket for the 2024-25 term.[1] This first case, Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, could significantly shift the bounds of which organizations receive […]
By Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer The second Trump administration, through newly approved Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to crack down on food additives.[1] But what food additives are at issue, why are they in our food in the first place, and how […]
By Amisha Patel, Staff Writer On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for the first time since World War II.[1] The decision to invoke this act was made in part with the aim to deport individuals allegedly associated with the Venezuelan gang, Tren de […]
By Amisha Patel, Staff Writer Multiple Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar delivered a groundbreaking 13-minute performance at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. The show has now become the most watched Super Bowl halftime performance in history, gaining 133.5 million viewers and surpassing the viewer totals for Michael […]
By Cassidy Crawford, Staff Writer With March comes St. Patrick’s Day and all things green. While many enjoy the shamrocks and golden coins that come with this cultural holiday, they do not get to enjoy this day as a federally recognized holiday. [1] The current list of federal holidays in the United […]
By: Delaney Szekely, Staff Writer Since the first book ban in 1637 there has been a steady increase to 4,240 unique titles challenged in 2023 in the United States. New English Canaan, the first book to be banned in what would become the United States, challenged the Puritan treatment of […]
By: Kat Gingolaski, Staff Writer Rumeysa Öztürk, a third-year doctoral student at Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was detained by federal officials on March 25, 2025. Rumeysa is a Fullbright Scholar and a Turkish national with an F-1 student visa studying child and adolescent development. On the 25th, […]
By: Claudio Simione, Staff Writer To many, but especially for tax accountants, April is the most grueling time of the year. At the time of writing this article, the filing deadline for federal tax returns is looming on April 15. While nobody particularly enjoys doing their tax-returns for the Internal […]
By: Deanna Hall, Staff Writer Did you know that there are sixty-three official National Parks in the United States? [1] These parks are a part of a larger 433-unit system that the National Park Service manages that covers more than 85 million acres in all fifty states, D.C., and U.S. […]
By Mia Shipley, Staff Writer Former casino mogul Steve Wynn has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to reconsider New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, a landmark case that raised the bar for public officials to sue media outlets on defamation claims. Wynn’s petition originates from a 2018 defamation lawsuit he […]