BQ Broadside

Category: World News

  • Student Arrests over Pro-Palestine Demonstrations by Molly Castle ’25

    If you have opened the New York Times app in the last month, or turned on the news, chances are you’ve seen something about the pro-Palestine protests taking over campuses across the country. What started as a sit-in on a green of Columbia’s campus spread quickly across the country, with some protests and encampments even…

  • The Clock is Ticking for TikTok by John Dean ’26

    Over the past few years, TikTok has become one of the most well-known and widely used social media apps. After rebranding from musical.ly in 2018, its popularity skyrocketed, growing exponentially during the pandemic. Everyone was stuck inside, with nothing better to do than spend hours scrolling. Its rise forever changed the internet, bringing with it…

  • Alexei Navalny– the Legacy of a Movement by Molly Castle ’25

    During his long and tumultuous political career, Alexei Navalny almost single handedly led the Russian opposition movement. He became a popular symbol of anti-Putin resistance, in a nation where free speech is incredibly limited. Throughout his career, he was dedicated to advocating for and improving the lives of the working classes of Russia. Navalny was…

  • Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse: What it is and How to Watch it Safely by Mae O’Reilly ’26

    On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will cross over New York in its path across 11 states in the U.S., causing an uproar of scientists and people interested in astronomy to begin flooding the Northeast. This once in a lifetime opportunity is being utilized by NASA for experiments on the effects of solar radiation,…

  • Why these Brands are Being Boycotted by John Dean ’26

    Recently, there’s been a noticeable shift in public opinion when it comes to Israel and Palestine. Reuters conducted a survey in early October that found that 41% of respondents thought the U.S. should support Israel. A month later, this number had dropped to only 32%. The numbers vary from source to source; a PBS poll…

  • “What is Happening in Sudan?” by Alana Peermal

    In the middle of April 2023, the people of Sudan were awakened to the sounds of war between two military forces. General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Army Forces, and Mahamed Hamdan Degalo/ Hemedti, leader of the RSF, a paramilitary group, began fighting for power without taking into consideration the lives of the…

  • “Chinese Economy Faces Major Shock” by Max Negbaur ’24

    China’s economy has been growing steadily since it first began its recovery from the disastrous Cultural Revolution (1996-1967), bolstering its production and labor markets by transplanting poor, rural citizens into densely populated urban centers. To keep the cost of living and thus labor low, the centralized government reinvested much of the populous’ wages into bonds…

  • “The Excel Tables May Have Turned on the US, Emerging Economies Challenge the Mighty Dollar’s Hegemony” by Max Negbaur ’24

    BRICS, an economic alliance between Brazil, Russia, India, China, and most recently South Africa, has been steadily growing in power and reach over the last few years. Outside of being large yet undeveloped economies, the members of BRICS seem to have little in common. India and China are arguably the closest, both being massive Asian…

  • “Amazon Faces the Music; Now it Must Pay the Piper” by Max Negbaur ’24

    Amazon has been accused of improper and illegal conduct often in its relatively short corporate lifespan, primarily for its treatment of employees (making them pee in bottles is a popular cost-saving strategy). Yet it has easily avoided consequences since it first started killing independents in 1994. Legal charges slide off Amazon like rainwater off Jezz…