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From Chernobyl To COVID: Apocalyptic Case Studies In Government Irresponsibility

As we’re coming up on 40 years since human civilization’s largest and most deadly nuclear meltdown disaster, it’s worth exploring the circumstances that led to it. But while doing that, keep in mind: it’s not a matter of what went wrong, it’s a matter of who didn’t do what they were supposed to do. Assessing these disasters […]

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The Russia-Ukraine War Isn’t Just A Direct Hit On The U.S. And Europe – It Hits Everywhere Else

World Issues / Cody Urban

Since February 24, 2022, life in Ukraine changed overnight as Russian forces entered the country and began a full assault on the former, once nuclear-armed Soviet Eastern Bloc nation. Millions have fled their homes and found their daily lives destroyed. But the war’s impact does not only touch Ukraine. Neighboring countries, governments and people around

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Exploring The Impacts Of Tariffs … Especially In The Case Of Mexico & Canada

National Issues, World Issues / CLMI Staff

A full scale global trade war appears to be in full effect. The 10 percent across-the-board tariffs that President Trump has imposed on countries feeding imports into the United States has roiled policymakers, world leaders and markets. At first, it was the 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum exports on Mexico and Canada,

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The Role Trump Has Played In Potentially Ending The Russo-Ukrainian War

World Issues / Cody Urban

Since February 2014, Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a complex and ongoing war that has not only impacted and bloodied both nations, but it has put the world – particularly Europe – on edge. Over the years, the war has escalated significantly in intensity and scale. It has also redefined and reshaped the

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How to Keep the Oceans Quiet

World Issues / CLMI Staff

A world once filled with mostly marine and fish noises is transforming into one of mostly human noises … and the marine life that lurks beneath can’t live like that.In 2020, when the pandemic decelerated international shipping, humpback whales returned home to the Glacier Bay in Alaska to spend the summer days feasting. They soon discovered what

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We Can’t Keep Ignoring Our Homeless Crisis

National Issues, World Issues / Psalms Traylor

Homelessness has increased by more than 5 percent over the past few years – but, that’s not even capturing the full picture. Despite the specter of evictions, we’re paying scant attention to it. One of the most under-reported issues in America is the homeless crisis. Even with a major spike in evictions looming – as

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Understanding the “Cryptoverse”

Crypto, World Issues / Ali Nelson

A primer on the explosive growth of cryptocurrency, how it works and where it’s headed… Subscribe Now For the past 3-4 years, cryptocurrencies have broken out of their collective bubbles, and burst onto the international stage. In almost every country on Earth, people are constantly talking about and, in many cases, buying, trading or selling

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Figuring Out Cuba’s Future

World Issues / Alyssa Tellez

With unprecedented levels of protest gripping the Caribbean island-nation in a post-Castro pandemic era, there is a growing cloud of uncertainty over what its future will hold. Rebellion is shaking Cuba to its core these days. Many Cubans on the isolated Communist-run island appear exhausted from one-party government. As a mix of pandemic, economic devastation,

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