Social Equity
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Building Community Support for LGBTQ+ Youth
By Kelley Trowbridge. In 7th grade, I came out to my friends and family. In 7th grade, Nadia, a student at an Indiana middle school, did the same. But I was the lucky one. Because in 7th grade I had friends to support me, a sister to guide me, and teachers who were kind to Continue reading
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Ethical and Environmental Concerns of Tourism: Mitigating Impact on Indigenous Communities
By Dylan Yu. Without a doubt, the increase in global demand for international tourism can be attributed to the indigenous influence over an area. Globally, 44 countries rely on tourism as their main source of revenue, many being island nations such as New Zealand and the Bahamas [1]. It is undeniable that indigenous influence plays Continue reading
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Obesity in Pacific Island Nations: Tackling the Public Health Epidemic
By Isaac Bauliah. Pacific Islanders refers to anyone living on islands from the Philippians to Hawaii. With the rise of globalism, traditional “healthy” foods on these islands, ranging from fresh fish to root vegetables, have become more expensive while more processed food and soft drinks such as spam (popular meat) and soda have become cheaper Continue reading
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Structural Barriers to Reducing Maternal Mortality in the United States
By Beatriz Machado Lacerda. Having children is supposed to be the miracle of life, but for too many people, it’s a death sentence. Maternal mortality is a significant issue in the US, taking hundreds of lives a year. However, for every other developed country, it is a minor, almost negligible problem. Something in our country Continue reading
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Establishing a Framework for Sustainable Urbanization
By Lukas Kraft. The negative effects of climate change and global warming are daunting and while many may flee from the challenge, we as a collective human race simply cannot. It is not a sustainable, smart, or long-term beneficial gain to ignore climate change. To meet the climate target set by the UN and the Continue reading
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Implications of Generative AI on Information and Media
By Ethan Bingemann. Investment in artificial intelligence has been on the rise since 2013 with a peak in 2021 with 72 billion dollars invested in the technology [1]. With market value of around 276 billion dollars [2]. This investment has unsurprisingly been paired with a huge step in the functionality of AI technology. AI has Continue reading
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Addressing Safe and Ethical Development of AI
By Ethan Bingemann. The best way of preventing misinformation, or “fake new,” from being spread by AI is holding news sources accountable and promoting fact checking in media. AI deepfakes are not incredibly realistic at their current stage. Going forward, it is imperative that consumers be more critical of the news sources they consume. This, Continue reading
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How to Measure a Country’s Success: Alternatives to GDP
By Ethan Bingemann. GDP is a largely criticized metric for measuring a nation’s output and “success”. This is because GDP is a misleading measure of national wealth and wellbeing. It is calculated by adding private consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports (exports-imports). Due to the nature of this equation, there is essentially no discernable Continue reading
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Increasing Access to Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
By Ethan Bingemann. There are an estimated 2.5 billion people globally in need of some form of assistive technology (AT). This figure is set to increase by an additional 1 billion people as global life expectancies increase and current populations age. Currently, about one in ten people in need of AT have access to what Continue reading
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Tackling the Increasing Prevalence of Youth Crime in the London Metropolitan Area
By Vedh Ramesh. Between April of 2021 and March of 2022, ONS1 statistics revealed that roughly 48,200 offences involving “a knife or sharp instrument” were reported, and during that same time span, 261 homicides utilizing those tools were reported, meaning that 43.9% of all homicides during that time period were committed using these instruments.2 “Knife Continue reading
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The International Climate Movement: Past and Present
By Lukas Kraft. Climate change is a global problem that has been fiercely debated in international, national, and local level politics for its massive potential ramifications on the world’s ecosystems and human populations. Before 1962, the climate crisis was little debated and discussed in the public eye. This changed with the publication of author Rachel Continue reading
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