On June 1, 2022, Samoa, the small Polynesian island country, previously known as Western Samoa and colonized by the Germans, before being placed under joint British and New Zealand colonial […]

Recently, on March 24, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it had authorized several tobacco-flavored vaping products made by the Japanese-owned Logic Technology Development, LLC, while denying […]

When you last went grocery shopping, did you use the self-checkout machine as opposed to waiting in line for a cashier? Or when ordering take-out, did you use an app? […]

If you’ve left the house recently—and let’s be honest, most of us aren’t going many places these days—but if you have, you’ve most likely come into contact with this natural […]

A recent Wall Street Journal article, citing Federal Reserve data, noted that municipal bond funds now hold an unprecedented 24% of outstanding debt compared with 16% five years ago. Buoyed […]

It’s Fall and that means it’s also “Back to School.” The 2021-2022 school year, like the 2020-2021 school year, has already been a challenging one accompanied by heated debates over […]

Recently, it seems that more and more people within and beyond the academy are talking about slavery and capitalism. From universities and colleges like the University of Virginia, compelled to […]

For many Americans, the question–What is a dollar worth?–may seem bizarre, if not redundant. Fluctuating international exchange rates, highly volatile crypto-currencies, counterfeit money, these are all things the average American […]

Today, healthcare workers account for somewhere between 11 and 14% of the overall workforce, replacing manufacturing as the largest category of workers in the United States. Their power, however, pales […]

Many Americans look to education to get ahead. While recent years have witnessed a decline in college enrollment, especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, over 17 million students attended institutions […]