Growing Up Bilingual

  Language is around us nearly every instant. We use language to communicate our thoughts, to pretend and dream, to connect with others, and to learn about our world and beyond. For some, these linguistic attributes are doubled… Read More

High Hopes: International Perspectives on the Legalization of Marijuana as a Response to the American Opioid Epidemic

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 90 Americans die a day from opioid use, and with more than 42,000 deaths per year, this makes the United States home to the worst opioid… Read More

Unmuting Immutability: How Strict Scrutiny for Transgender People is Changing the Game

On April 13th, Judge Marsha J. Pechman, a U.S. District Judge in the Western District of Washington, released the opinion in the latest saga of the Transgender military ban[1]. In keeping with the reasoning used by other judges… Read More

United States vs. Everybody, a comparative analysis of gun laws in America and various countries around the world  

The United States has come under fire recently for their gun control laws (no pun intended); with the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history happening this past October (Las Vegas), and with the tragic school shooting at… Read More

The South China Sea Disputes: A clash of international law and historical claims

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), whose most recent charter came into force in November of 1994, constitutes the current basis of international law in the South China Sea disputes (UNCLOS, 2016). Long… Read More