Last week, the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust released its long-awaited report regarding competition issues at Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google. The report, which was sixteen months in the making, asserts that these Big Tech companies enjoy monopoly privileges due to their specific business practices.
Why the US’ Gun Violence Problem May Never Be Solved
Sandy Hook. Parkland. Jacob Blake. Just a few names on an immense list of gun related deaths. Yet despite the dangers posed by access to firearms, gun control legislation may never come in to force […]
Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends
The Gryphon discusses the US government shutdown and why it’s one of the longest in history. On the 25th of January, President Trump signed a measure to fund the government temporarily, which effectively ended the […]
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Donald?
The United States government today entered its twenty-seventh day of a partial shutdown in what is now the second-longest shutdown its history. 800,000 government employees have gone without pay, with some such as airport security […]
Comment | USA, The Land of Contradictions
If I have to sum up the United States of America in one word, it is contradiction. The country is one extreme paradox that cannot be clearly defined by what it stands for because its […]