Big Pharma: Ignoring Needs, Following Profits
The United States is home to the largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the world and has some of the most producer-friendly policies. American Big Pharma makes up a whopping 35% of world production; the U.S. is…
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A New Direction for South Korea
In April, South Korea’s former President Park Geun-Hye was impeached and charged with bribery, coercion, abuse of power, and leaking state secrets. Her trial began on May 23rd with her denial of any wrongdoing, despite overwhelming evidence…
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The Health Care Albatross: What the AHCA House Vote Means for Republicans, Democrats, and Health…
The American Health Care Act, the effective repeal of the Affordable Care Act (less affectionately, Obamacare), passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 4th with 217 votes.
The critical margin by which it passed was made so…
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Commitment Issues: Trump’s New Asian Foreign Policy
Then president-elect Donald Trump’s personal phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen was one of the initial indicative moves in the incoming Trump administration’s Asian foreign policy approach. Not only did this call heighten…
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Khmer and Boujee: Power, Nepotism and Cambodia’s Upcoming Elections
This Sunday, Cambodia is set to hit the ballot box for the nationwide commune council elections. Cambodians will vote for their local leadership as 1,646 commune council seats are on the line, ahead of the general elections for the…
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Unchaining the Mind through AI: What Artificial Intelligence Actually Means for Humanity
This article is the first of a multi-part series by Kara Anderson exploring contemporary artificial intelligence and its implications for humanity.
For Part II: "Mom was Right: Creativity Matters"
For Part III: "A Non-Political…
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Alternative Methods to Counter Alternative Facts: How the Rise of Big Data Can Help Counter the…
Big data is non-political. It does not sit on the right or left of any spectrum, discuss racism, anti-semitism or sexism; it instead gives those who want to analyze it the opportunity to get a clearer picture of these elements.
Big Data…
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Donald Trump – One Too Many Blunders
On May 9th, President Trump fired FBI Director Comey – only the second time an FBI director has ever been fired in the bureau’s 108-year existence. The following day, he shared sensitive classified information to Russian officials in…
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Brexit Through the Gift Shop
In just mere weeks the world will be a year removed from being helpless bystanders as the British people decided they wanted tighter borders, less globalization, and bendier, and therefore more patriotic, bananas. Pure frenzy…
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An ‘Interpretation Mechanism’: What Does it Reflect in Regards to the Political Tension…
Rao Geping, a renowned scholar from Peking University and a prominent member of the Basic Law Committee, has recommended the establishment of an interpretation mechanism aimed to execute the legal codes under the Basic Law. The purpose of…
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