Whenever we discuss India and China’s border dispute, there is an air of mystery and ambivalence surrounding the narrative. There is a remarkable lack of concrete statistics and official statements. Whatever the reason for that may be, the border dispute with China— especially in Aksai Chin, Ladakh— is undeniably one of the most pressing security concerns for the Indian nation state in the present scenario, as border tensions continue to snowball.

Afro Iranians today are integrated into southern Iran and its culture. Southern culture, called Bandari (Bandar or Bandargah meaning port), is a mixture of Native Iranian, African, and Arab elements. Within Iran itself, they are little known by those in the northern provinces due to lack of exposure.

For many Americans, 2020 has been an avalanche of unrelenting crises. But for people living on the west coast, three of these crises–wildfires, racial injustice in the form of mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic–are inextricably related.

With many judgements in circuit courts based on fault information, it is especially important for future 2nd Amendment cases to be decided with concrete information. This does not mean that assault weapon bans cannot be implemented, or that legislatures have to go to extraordinary steps to ensure that weapons bans strictly adhere to 2nd Amendment protections. It does, however, mean that courts cannot rely on faulty information, especially when applied to regulations that excessively burden the right to keep and bear arms.

The long-awaited first debate of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. took place on Tuesday night, marking an important and exciting moment in what has been a unique election cycle. This event, moderated by Fox News anchor Christopher Wallace, was entertaining, though extremely undignified for a presidential debate. Despite Wallace’s best efforts, the verbal sparring between Trump and Biden got comically out of hand at times.

Guests Bryan Chong and Maya Gomberg discuss the most important policies of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, where they differ, and even something they haven't appreciated about their favorite candidate.

After breaking down a brief history of primaries in the US, the team talks over the results of Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and discusses the many flaws of the primary process.

Olivia Luppino’ 22, Arcadia’s Womxn in Politics Column Leader and Head of Wes for Warren, gives her two cents on Bernie’s comments to Warren on the electability of a female president as the two candidates go head to head on the matter during January’s Democratic Debate.

“The situation at hand is pretty f*cking bad, to put it lightly….”

Skye Hawthorne ‘22 joins other Wesleyan and Yale Students on the ground in tonight’s New Hampshire Primary

The man in the oval office should be removed.

Skye Hawthorne ‘22 writes about the difficulties of current social moment as we grapple with the climate crisis.

“Is our country ready for a female president?”

The United States Withdrawal from Syria: Another Chapter in the Ever-Lasting American Foreign Policy Dilemma

“It is easy to just read '10,000 killed' without feeling any sort of emotion….As humans, we cannot connect with numbers, we connect with people…”

The Trump administration has made their stance on the LGBTQ+ protections clear.

It’s crucial for Democrats to campaign hard in Milwaukee. Here’s why.

“In the case of Republican women, on the other hand, most successful candidates attempt to erase their gender in the eyes of voters.”