Category: News

February 27th was a big day for the AI tech world. The Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of War, gave Anthropic an ultimatum. To provide some context, Anthropic is a company that developed Claude, an AI much more powerful than ChatGPT. Since July 2025, Anthropic has been working with the Pentagon to incorporate AI into its defense strategies. According to Anthropic, working with the Pentagon is essential to defending the United States and to maintain America’s lead in the AI race. AI is largely used by the Pentagon…

Mexico? What’s happening in Mexico? I’m sure many of you have seen the news and Tik Tok headlines screaming “MEXICO DANGER ZONE FOR ANY AND ALL TOURISTS, AIRPORTS SHOT UP AND STREETS BLOCKED!!!!!!” But, I’m here to talk about the facts, which are often misrepresented in the media and overdramatized for the sake of views and shock. It is important in these situations to consider the sources sharing information on such a delicate topic, so let me give a summary of what happened in the last weeks in Mexico so…

Colonialism, corruption and poverty. How did we get here? The history of Cuba is heavy and nuanced. For the sake of keeping it concise, here is a summary. Long, long ago (~ 4000 BCE), the island of Cuba was inhabited by Indigenous groups: primarily the Taíno, along with the Guanajatabey and Ciboney peoples. That was until the infamous Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492. His “discovery” began the gruesome colonial rule over the island by the Spanish in 1511, which resulted in the Indigenous population being enslaved and forcefully converted to…

On Saturday, February 28th, I woke up to TikTok footage of Iran bombing a U.S. Navy base in Bahrain. It was confusing, concerning, and weirdly unsurprising. Iran has been a consistent presence in world news since late 2025, as protests erupted on December 28th. Shopkeepers took to the streets after the rial, the Iranian currency, had yet again dramatically lost value. Inflation had soared to 40% and Iranian people’s quality of life had grown unbearable, all the while the Iranian government ignored obvious systemic issues, blaming drought or overconsumption for…

Photo credit: MPRnews As the magnum opus of his second administration, Donald Trump promised sweeping reforms in immigration policy and enforcement. Indeed, he campaigned on having the American federal government carry out mass-deportations of undocumented migrants, an idea seemingly borrowed from European far-right groups. With his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the agency responsible for carrying out deportations in the U.S., the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had its budget raised to approximatelty 85B$, which makes the agency better funded than most modern militaries, including Canada’s (Center for International Policy). Trump’s…