Current Events

2024-2025

2023-2024

Climate Change: Despair or Optimism?

June 30, 2023

Is humanity’s endgame in sight? Or is this a time of optimism and opportunity to safeguard and transform our future?

The Statistics of Pain: Gender Bias in Medicine

May 4, 2023

A sixteen-year-old patient visited her doctor after experiencing extreme abdominal pain, finding blood in her urine, and running a fever. Her doctor asked about her sex life, whether she used tampons or pads, her home life, then prescribed her antidepressants before sending her home. She was finally given generic antibiotics for her kidney infection two days later, but because she had entered early-stage sepsis, they weren’t strong enough and she had to be hospitalized.

Negotiations continue between Western and Russian diplomats

February 11, 2022

Expect this to stay in the news cycle for the next several weeks.

Infrastructure & Biden’s Domestic Agenda

December 17, 2021

After months of negotiations, Dem's Build Back Better plan is finally in the Senate, where it awaits yet more negotiation.

Black History Month

February 11, 2022

Learn more about Black History Month and its origins and meanings.

The Ongoing Litigation Over Texas’s Abortion Law

December 17, 2021

A look into the developments surrounding S.B. 8, a controversial new law from Texas that has become the most restrictive law on women's reproductive rights yet.

October Current Events

November 3, 2021

Taking current events and reviewing them in hindsight.

COP27 Key Outcomes: A Win for Climate Justice, but much Remains to be Done

January 31, 2023

The climate conference COP27 resulted in arguably as much good as lack of it, all while humanity accelerates toward climate change.

Breaking News: Sponsored by Internet Explorer - Episode 1: The Titanic's Voyage

January 31, 2023

Meet Noah Newmann, bringing the newest news. This episode: In depth updates about life aboard the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage! Only on Breaking News: Sponsored by Internet Explorer!