The United States government has long been criticized for excessive surveillance of citizens and non-citizens alike. To many, this practice contradicts the American ideals of personal liberty and privacy. Directives for mass surveillance are most commonly made after major tragedies or during political upheaval. After the 9/11 attacks, the Patriot Act allowed authorities to detain  hundreds of immigrants  for prolonged periods despite not being accused of a crime. These detent

DXR, Wikimedia Commons Conversations from both sides of the aisle in the aftermath of the election often focused on an increasingly...

A painting depicting  the Maryland colonists’ first voyage aboard the Ark and the Dove ( msa.maryland.gov ). Anti-Catholicism in American...

President Donald Trump being handed a mask (The New Yorker/Getty Images.) Scientific research has historically held the precedent of...

A shot of the Capitol building. ‘Partisan bipartisanship’ in a competitive Congress /The Hill/Getty Images In George Washington’s...

Many Americans have heard of the Second Red Scare, an anti-Communist movement spearheaded by Joseph McCarthy, that sought to censor...

Single-family zoning is a legal practice that prohibits the construction or use of multi-family housing — such as duplexes, multiplexes,...

Image  of a display requesting a tip. In a not-so-distant memory, tipping was largely confined to restaurants and bellhops, with the...

Deacon Dave Billips protests the execution of Marcellus Williams on September 24th, 2024 in St. Louis Missouri. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis...

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, in Boston, Massachusetts ( bostonpublicschools.org ). The United States of America was founded...

Candidate Headshots from Wikimedia Commons In today’s political landscape of cutthroat elections, the Electoral College can cause quite a...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are the 2024 Presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively. With the...

Demonstrators in Philadelphia during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 2, 2020 ( Matt Rourke/AP/ABC News) Police-community...

Peter Dovak’s to-scale Metro Map I spent a lot of time this summer analyzing WMATA’s Better Bus  initiative and how it would impact...

Weinberg Magazine ; political cartoon depicting the odd commitment American society has towards the Electoral System despite its clear...

BETTMANN, CORBIS, AP IMAGES Economists and political pundits have consistently cited high inflation rates, a pressing oil embargo, and...

Image of a Washington, D.C. Metro station. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Washington, D.C. faced a major problem....

Over 100 people protest the opening of North America’s largest military weapons convention in May 2023. War. For most, that word has...

Implicit biases and structural racism are two issues that negatively affect the Black community in the United States. However, an issue...

Somaliland Construction Located southwest of Ethiopia, off the coast of the Gulf of Aden, lies an unrecognized yet autonomous state known...