By Kat Gingolaski, Staff Writer On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the conflict that began when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Since then, 41 countries have given military, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine including the EU, members of the G7,[1] and countries who previously […]
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 Rachel Pressdee, Staff Writer The landmark 2015 Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.[1] The same cannot be saidof the majority of other countries. Many countries continue to prosecute same-sex couples, making it impossible for some foreigners to marry their domestic partners.[2] […]
By Alyssa Lazar, Staff Writer At the 2015 Golden Globes, Tina Fey joked, “George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an adviser to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected to a three-person U.N. commission investigating rules […]
