Mercy for the Merciless: Sobhraj the Slippery Serpent

By Abhilasha Khanal The infamous French serial killer, Charles Sobhraj, aged seventy-eight, was released from Nepalese prison on Dec. 21, 2022. [1] Known as “The Serpent,” Sobhraj has been implicated in over twenty killings along the hippie trail… Read More

The World Baseball Classic 2023’s Relations with Cuba

By Ariel Gootkin The World Baseball Classic (“WBC”) is an international baseball tournament that began in 2006 and has increasingly grown through its five editions. [4] Many view this event as baseball’s version of the World Cup, or… Read More

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: How Scandinavian Prisons are Inspiring Reform in the U.S.

By Erin Valenta Norway and Sweden are commonly celebrated for promoting progressive incarceration techniques. Their low incarceration-related statistics reflect their open-minded perspective toward criminality and what it means to be a criminal (if it means anything). In contrast,… Read More

The Inflation Reduction Act: How an American Law is Rattling the European Union

By Morgan Elmore Introduction United States President Joe Biden signed the most significant action taken by Congress to support clean energy and climate change in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act. [I] The Act includes many provisions that… Read More

After the Tourists Leave: A Brief Look Into the Effects of Ghana’s Over-Reliance on Tourism & The Year of Return Initiative

By Ama Owusuaa Ackom Yarboi Through the Coastal plains of West Africa, Ghana remains a hotspot for tourists. On the coastal shores of Ghana, Elmina Castle — the first castle built by the Portuguese in 1482 — still… Read More