Author: Charlotte Mac Kay

Banging filled the halls of the Metropolitan Detention Center late January, the sound carrying out to the street below where human right activists and others gathered to protest. From early January, the Brooklyn facility has been without power and heat for days. The banging was the prisoners themselves, slamming on Read More

The United States pulled out of a 32-year nuclear deal with Russia on Friday, Feb. 1, citing breaches in the treaty made by Russia in recent years. The treaty, called the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), was signed by former US President Ronald Reagan and Former President of the Soviet Read More

The Chicago National Weather Service tweeted on Wednesday, Jan. 30, “The heart of the Arctic has arrived,” as the Polar Vortex descended into the midwest, plunging temperatures far below zero. The cold air front, which usually remains at the Earth’s poles, drifted toward the Midwest United States from late January Read More

A fourteen-year struggle for freedom came to a conclusion on Jan. 7 when sex-trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown was granted clemency from life-in-prison by Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee. The 30-year-old woman’s story of incarceration for murder, which became a focus of popular media due to the interest of several celebrities, Read More

Twelve people have been reported dead and hundreds have been injured in protests which have wracked Zimbabwe in recent weeks, leading to a national internet shutdown, the brutalized and systematic beatings of civilians, and an uncertain economic future for the country under the leadership of new President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Read More

On Nov. 11 over 200,000 people gathered in Warsaw to celebrate Poland’s 100th year of independence. However, the day was marred in controversy involving nationalists, far-right organizers and senior politicians. Independence Day in Poland has historically attracted a notable large group of nationalists, activists and right-wing protesters in Warsaw. After Read More

Stan Lee, co-creator of numerous Marvel characters including Spider-Man, Black Panther and Iron Man, died on Monday, Nov. 11 at the age of 95. Lee, who has been dubbed the “godfather of Marvel Comics” by fans and the industry, was rushed to Cedars Sinai Medical Center from his home in Read More