Michelle Yang

Political polarization – the vast and growing gap between liberals and conservatives – is a defining feature of American politics. But Congress might be doing a better job of representing the public than voters care to admit. According…
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In mid-February, a federal judge ordered Apple to work with the FBI on technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernardino gunmen’s iPhone. Since then, many have argued whether the FBI’s requests are technologically and legally…
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The issue of the "tampon tax" has gained prominence over the past year.  A Change.org petition started by Cosmopolitan magazine gathered nearly 44,000 signatures, while a similar petition in Europe has over 312,000 supporters. Last year,…
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In 1964, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “unconditional war” on poverty and a year later he began a “war against crime”. When Johnson declared a War on Crime, he mobilized the resources of his War on Poverty programs,…
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In 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission overturned restrictions on corporate spending in elections. Echoing popular opinion, Justice Kennedy rationalized the decision by asserting that “independent expenditures do not lead…
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In the midst of all the hoopla, rhetoric, and controversy that’s been flying around for the past couple weeks that was sparked by Ferguson and fueled by various other police-related tragedies, I’m here to talk about guns. Now you might…
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When prompted, most people will agree that global warming is an issue that needs to be tackled but how the world should go about fixing it still lacks a realistic answer. Only about 11% of the world-marketed energy is produced by renewable…
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Earlier this year news and social media outlets exploded with word that several hundred schoolgirls had been kidnapped from their boarding school in Chibok by the militant terrorist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Their abduction…
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