Category: Society

Festivals are designed around activity and sound, but some visitors need a calmer place to rest without leaving the event entirely.

Nancy Liu The Deep Thought of the Article “Our Plastic oceans” The article describes the information from the plastic ocean.  The article surprises us about how bad is the pollution of plastic. I was totally confused by the size of the pollution.Also, I was confused by the location where they…

Mexico has the second largest GDP amongst the Latin American and Caribbean countries after Brazil. It’s GDP is currently ranked at 15th worldwide in nominal terms and 11th by purchasing power parity. Mexico’s nominal GDP is currently estimated at 2.5 trillion USD and its GDP in terms of purchasing power…

President Trump has once again taken another action with his “America First” rhetoric that he has flaunted since the beginning his presidential campaign by placing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from US allies, including Mexico. Steel imports from EU, Mexico and Canada has gone into effect since June of…

Climate Change Ruixuan Liu The global warming problem is something people are worried about all the time. There are two articles about climate change, Krauthammer’s article “Myth of ‘Settled’ Science” and McKibben’s article “A Moral Atmosphere”. Both authors expressed their views in the articles. Are there any similar ideas in…

Nancy Liu Having your smartphone nearby takes a toll on your thinking We all notice that almost everyone has a smartphone and they rely on the phone. I was wondering about why people have to use their phone and they cannot live without their cellphone. This article tells us the…