The Human Rights Conventions vs. Trump's Isolationism
With the exception of the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the United States has historically been...
A Look at the Past: HLPF 2017
Event Overview On July 9th the 2018 High-Level Political Forum commenced, lasting nine days and bringing together states, U.N. entities,...
How a Tradition Turned Violent
Cattle Rustling, a rather harmless cultural practice in rural East Africa, has become increasingly deadly and developed into a regional...
"Gun Control": The Least Effective Way to Achieve Gun Reform
The Problem with the Term “Gun Control” New terms are often developed by political parties to sway the general public in their favor....
The National Rifle Association Sues Governor Andrew Cuomo
After 17 high school students were killed on February 14th, 2018 in Parkland, Florida, many state governments across the country have...
From Cuba to China: The Anonymity of Technology as a Political Tool
The Presence of Sonic Sounds Abroad Reports of unknown sounds near the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba first arose in August 2017. The...
The State of Political Participation of People with Disabilities in America: A Denial to the Rights
Imagine going to a restaurant and being told that due to the color of your skin or due to your nationality, that you may not enter the...
Gun Violence: A Gendered Issue
Gun control measures have crucial implications for human rights worldwide. However, victims of gun violence do not always share the same...
United Nations Disarmament Committee
The United Nations Disarmament Commission, was created by the UN General Assembly under Security Council by Resolution 502 of January...
Social Justice Movements in Trump's America
During the past few years, the U.S. has seen an upsurge in the popularity of social justice movements. Spurred on by last year’s change of a