On Saturday, a caravan of semi-trucks traveled all across the Trans-Canada Highway from British Columbia to Ottawa, Canada’s capital. This move was organized by a number of truck drivers across the country and was unofficially dubbed the “Freedom Convoy.” The convoy was organized in response to a new law passed that, according to the New…
Last week Thursday was the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of President Joseph Robinette Biden. Like any president, his first 100 days in office were highly eventful and marked the time in his presidency when the country was watching the closest. However, many major events have happened outside of that timeframe as well, which often…
In the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin’s administration has been amassing troops along the Russia-Ukrainian border. This move is reminiscent of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, a peninsula in Southern Ukraine, which sparked condemnation from the international community. While Russia controls Crimea and considers it part of their country, it is still internationally recognized as…
Last week, a doctor in South Africa identified a new variant of COVID-19, which has since been named the “Omicron” variant. This new strain has been suggested to be far more contagious than previous strains, spreading rapidly in South Africa. That said, the doctor responsible for its discovery, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, has said that the…
This Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was found “not guilty” on all charges related to the shooting of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the summer protests and riots of 2020. Despite the trial being fully televised and the event being captured on camera from multiple angles and sources, a good amount of misinformation has surrounded the…
If you’ve been driving around the Holland area at all this semester then you may have noticed higher gas prices than you’re used to. In fact, the entire country is facing significantly higher prices than normal. This is due to many factors all culminating to inconvenience the American public. The most obvious reason for these…
Is there anyone in the world who is truly irredeemable? Can you think of someone who did terrible things and had no justification or excuse for acting that way? Generally speaking, we all have people that come to our minds when asked that question. For some it may be historical dictators like Stalin or famous…
Since late September, an unprecedented number of migrants from Haiti have arrived at the US-Mexico border. Humanitarian crises and rampant poverty in Haiti have led to an increased number of refugees seeking shelter in the United States. This has prompted border patrol agents to take more extreme measures in order to enforce immigration laws, leading…
On Tuesday, September 28, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen warned Congress that the federal government will most likely run out of cash by October 18 unless the debt ceiling is raised. If Republicans and Democrats refuse to cooperate and the gridlock remains past the deadline, then the government could have a debt default, a…
Both North and South Korea fired test ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Sept. 15, further escalating the arms race between the two nations that has been going on since the 1950s. The two North Korean missiles hit the water in the Sea of Japan exactly five minutes apart, with the first landing at 12:38 p.m. local…