“Current Affairs” with Brittany Gamlen

  • Politics is not Just for Your Grandparents
    Here in the United States, we are lucky to live in a country where we play a direct role in shaping the policies of our country.   Unfortunately, most people do not take advantage of this great system.  Our age group gets an especially bad reputation for being…
  • Is the Declaration of Genocide Enough?
    The United States Department of State recently declared that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians and other minority groups in the Middle East, including Yazidis and Shia Muslims.  Secretary of State John Kerry stated that ISIS committed “crimes against humanity” and “ethnic cleansing,” arguing that the militant…
  • The Importance of the Supreme Court Vacancy
                  By now you have probably heard that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a man known for his conservatism, died last weekend, leaving a vacancy in the Supreme Court bench. Yet do you know exactly what this means?  …