The New New York Times

Chinese Investments

By Benjamin Herlinger

Angola is a country in Central Africa with a population of 38 million. So, why did President Biden just make the first presidential visit to that country, especially with all of the other allies of the U.S. and the internal politics that took place in the U.S. during November? It's an underlying competition between two of the world's economic superpowers. Since 2013, China has been one of the biggest world lenders. They have lent over 1.3 trillion dollars to countries for numerous reasons, most often to help infrastructure building. Their breadth of scope was initially in the Middle East to help build trade channels to Europe but it has evolved into one of the biggest foreign aid programs in the world.

Building Trust in a Digital World

By Ben Lipman

In the late 1990s, the internet transformed from a niche tool into the backbone of modern life. It promised an interconnected world, where information could be shared and received instantly. Today, it's hard to imagine a day without it; mastering the internet has become an essential tool to succeed in today's world. But as the internet grows, so have concerns over trust and security. In today’s internet, our data is centrally controlled; our information is stored in databases managed by various organizations. While this can make access convenient, it also introduces risks. A breach of one of these systems could expose sensitive data to bad actors.

Learning More About the Department of Gov. Efficiency

By Dominic Chiavaroli

The “Manhattan Project”, the plan carried out by numerous scientists to develop the first nuclear bomb, is what President-Elect Donald Trump is calling his latest idea for his upcoming time in office. The official name of this administration will be called, DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency. Throughout his previous presidency and his last campaign period, Trump ran on ideas of drastic government spending cuts for any and all departments. Though his presidency hasn’t begun yet, he has announced this administration will be led by Vivek Ramaswamy, an American entrepreneur, and a Republican formerly running for office, and Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and one of Trump’s largest supporters. Though not official yet, politicians across the federal government and citizens are asking numerous questions about the proposed administration and their goals. Many are asking what the agency will even be capable of, if it could even be created within the federal government, and where exactly they see decreases in spending occurring. The two proposed leaders of this organization have thanked Trump and stated how grateful they are for the opportunity to dispose of millions of unelected federal roles in the government. It’s unclear how exactly this administration will make these decisions, but this isn’t the first time an assignment of this type has been attempted in the federal bureaucracy.

New Adulthood

By Emery Leggett

Jane Doe is a 22 year old recent college graduate who entered the workforce earlier this year. She works two jobs and a total of almost 60 hours a week in order to afford her own place and pay her bills on her own. Although she is able to live independently, it comes at a sacrifice that a lot of young adults her age are not making themselves.

Those Darn Californians

By Jack Mcquesten

When I ask people where they are from I expect to hear one of 3 answers: I'm from about 30 minutes away. You probably haven't heard of it. Or I’m from California. Now it might be my personal experience and where I’ve been from but listening to public discourse and internet browsing I don’t think I’m alone in hearing a ton of people say they are from California. If not from California, there are people from Seattle, Portland or some large city in the East. Is this selective listening, and confirmation bias, or is there really a mass influx of people from the coastlines affecting places like Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and more. How is this affecting the people who previously resided there and how is it changing the city's future?

With the election of Donald Trump, the country anxiously waits to see what happens in education

By Riley Ferguson

Education has been a hot area of debate in recent years due to the lockdown of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, children and parents were forced to stay home for school and work. At this time, some parents started to pay more attention to the teachings of teachers in schools, especially in Republican groups. Parents wanted to play a larger role in their children's education.

Science

By Armando Duarte

Currently, the most used source of energy has been fossil fuels, more specifically oil and natural gas. To put it into perspective, oil leads the global energy consumption at thirty-two percent, with coal and natural gas behind at twenty six percent and twenty three percent respectively. Fossil fuels have been the primary source of energy for many years now due to them being highly energy-dense, readily available, and relatively inexpensive. However, a problem that has been highlighted recently with fossil fuels is the pollution they cause. Fossil fuels account for over seventy-five percent of greenhouse gas emissions, ninety percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, and are responsible for more than a 0.3 degrees Celsius rise in global

36 Hours in Boulder, Colorado

By Tara Swinson

The Tiny Living Lifestyle

By Katelyn Anderson

Allison and Nicholas Bracken (@rollingwithophelia) knew they wanted to live “smaller” but had difficulty deciding where to settle down. Neither of them had seen a lot of the United States and felt that it didn’t make sense to buy property without seeing what the rest of the country had to offer. Ultimately, they decided to buy a 40-foot school bus so that they could travel while having a comfortable and spacious home-on-wheels. This decision came about because they learned that buying a bus was significantly cheaper than buying a van.

Be Aware of Facial Recognition

By Bryce Reim

Last Month Harvard students AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio created what they describe as “doxing glasses” and they have brought up some major privacy and ethical concerns. Their product “I-XRAY” is a software that was installed onto Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses that is capable of accessing personal information such as name, age, home address, and phone number. Their software works by using facial recognition software along with reverse image searching using PimEyes and a chat-GPT-like tool to organize all the information such as name, occupation, address, etc. Also stated by Nguyen, “This could be done with any regular phone camera and still do the same amount of damage” Nguyen and A

Who’s In, Who’s Out: A Guide to the College Football Playoff

By Jesse Uzansky

The Sober Curious Generation

By Talia Sclar