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Students walking through the Quad at the University of Washington. While UW has enrolled over 8,000 international students in 2025, that number is the lowest it has been in eight years. Bhavya Johari | February 26, 2026 On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice rescinded four disparate-impact provisions…
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Ashley Toledo | February 22, 2026 In the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, American social media and news outlet subscriptions surged with startling information: “U.S. captures Maduro from his home.” This blog will examine the arguments and potential defenses both supporting and opposing the lawfulness of this action.…
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Longhorn Cattle at Knepp Wildland, 2019. Photo by Peter Eastern CC BY-SA 4.0 Anna Swedin | February 22, 2026 Trophic rewilding has the capacity to help stymie both accelerating climate change and species extinction. Ecosystem-shaping animals have the capacity to capture enormous amounts of carbon, furthering the goals set by…
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Stephen Fisher | February 8, 2026 For many athletes and fans around the globe, winning a gold medal at the Olympics is the pinnacle of success in sport. With an estimated cumulative audience of 5 billion people for the most recent 2024 Paris Summer Games, Olympic athletes have earned the…
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Sailors from USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) approach the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH-181) on a rigid-hull inflatable boat alongside the Republic of Korea’s forces on Sept. 15, 2025. US Navy photo Jordan Jang | February 21, 2026 Introduction The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)…
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Malian soldiers stand guard outside Kati Barracks in Bamako, October 2012. CC BY 2.0 Taskin Tanika | February 8, 2026 In April 2012, Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs), the; Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and ‘ANSAR DINE’ meaning ‘the defenders of the faith’ in Arabic, fought…
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Anna Swedin | January 18, 2026 But if . . . everything depends on the arbitrary will of . . . persons who have the power to apply or not apply the law, what is the use of having law courts at all? Leo Tolstoy (1899) The contemporary Russian legal…
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Civil police officers from the Robbery and Theft of Cargo Division during Operation Containment. CC BY 3.0 Ashley Toledo | January 18, 2026 On October 28, 2025, a significant police operation took place in the working-class communities of Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…
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Skyline of Taipei, Taiwan viewed from Mount Elephant on June 29, 2022. CC BY-SA 2.0 Jordan Jang | January 18, 2026 Introduction: With a year of the Trump administration behind us, the United States remains involved in a variety of international conflicts. Under Trump, America’s stance on protecting allies in…
