News of the Russian capture of Avdiivka and a subsequent Russian advance in Ukraine has increased concerns about Ukraine’s prospects in its war with Russia. It is tempting to rely on movement along the battle lines as an indicator of relative success. Yet, victory is unlikely to be decided by the ebb and flow of […]

Last week’s Super Tuesday presidential primary elections overshadowed a critical piece of legislation being voted on in our nation’s capital. The Washington, D.C., council approved a sweeping anti-crime bill known as Secure DC intended to crack down on rising crime in the city. The bill attempts to send a message to the community that crime […]

A U.S. military ship is heading to Gaza to build a temporary seaport that will provide humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that a U.S. Army vessel is "en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian...

Actress Scarlett Johansson parodied Sen. Katie Britt’s (R-Ala.) rebuttal to the State of the Union last week in “Saturday Night Live’s” cold open after the response was met with widespread criticism and mocking on social media. The episode opened with a brief introduction from cast member Ego Nwodim, who was playing CNN’s Abby Phillips, before...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) took a swing at President Biden for “trying to gloss over all of his failures” in his State of the Union address in an interview that aired Sunday. “Joe Biden is trying to gloss over all of his failures… making American families spend more on everything from food, to gas, to...

Could Hamas leverage the holy month of Ramadan to achieve an effect similar to the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive which began on Vietnam’s Lunar New Year?

Ethnic studies is not just an academic abstraction; it helps dismantle the racial hierarchies that inform social inequality within the U.S. and beyond, and thus hold us all back.