The Growing Impact of Civil Wars in 2025 As we enter 2025, the world faces an unprecedented number of intractable conflicts, with conflict event rates growing by over 25% compared to 2023. International and state violence represent an increasing share of overall conflict rates. Sudan: The World’s Most Devastating Crisis The Sudanese Civil War, now […]
Annual Commemoration Details The 2025 commemoration ceremony will begin at 8:30 AM on September 11, with a citywide moment of silence at 8:46 AM, marked by the tolling of bells across the city. Following tradition, all 2,983 names inscribed on the memorial will be read aloud, including both 9/11 victims and the six people killed […]
A Dream Cut Short Iryna Zarutska, who emigrated from Ukraine with her family in August 2022 to escape the war, was a talented artist who had graduated from Synergy College in Kyiv with a degree in Art and Restoration. Tragedy struck last month when Zarutska was fatally stabbed while riding a light rail in Charlotte, […]
Breaking News: Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Killed in Campus Shooting Conservative political activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was killed after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University. The incident occurred while Kirk was speaking under a tent bearing the slogan ‘The American Comeback Tour’. Details of the Incident The death […]
The Growing Challenge of Childcare Access Families across the nation are struggling to find and afford high-quality childcare options that meet their needs. The crisis particularly affects early educators—predominantly women of colour—who remain vastly undercompensated, leading to high turnover and workforce shortages that limit children’s access to quality early learning opportunities. Current State of the […]
Breaking News: Academic’s Release Confirmed Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Baghdad in 2023 by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah, has been released and is now at the American Embassy in Iraq, as announced by US President Donald Trump. Background of the Kidnapping Tsurkov, 38, was a doctoral student at Princeton University when […]
