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This WEEK, Sophia, Riley and guest D.S, an economics major at Emory University, break down the economic pressures COVID-19 has had on Latin America, discussing how years of limited economic growth, political unrest, troublesome international trade, inadequate social welfare systems and now COVID-19 adds up to economic mayhem that Latin America will struggle to get out of. 

This WEEK, Samuel, Riley, Sophia, Matthew and Nelson discuss the broken dichotomy which is the nonsense of politics.They dive into the false characterizations associated with people who sit on the left and right wing , the role of media in the political arena, the infamous political compass quiz and touch on the current political landscape and how the United States is dividing politics around the world.

This WEEK, Samuel, Anaam, Sarah Memon and Zaynab Syed dive into the recent wave of statue-toppling sparked by Confederate Statues in the United States. We look into the cases for and against statue toppling, the point of statues,  how woke culture is playing a part of the media discourse on statues and should Obama even be considered to be on Mt. Rushmorre?

This WEEK, Samuel, Solomon, Matthew and Srija dive into the effectiveness of the United Nations. We look at UN legislation enforcement, UN Peacekeepers, UN sanctions and more.