By: Corey Steinman The Amazon region is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, functioning as a global climate stabilizer. It is also home to more than one million Indigenous people. Over time, the territory has faced difficult and complex changes, including government-sanctioned development projects to extract natural resources from the region and […]
By: Grant deBoer Passed as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed in July 2025 and having taken effect on January 1, 2026, 26 USC §4475 grants the federal government the power to impose a 1% excise tax on certain remittances sent abroad from the United States. Initially proposed at rates as high […]
By: Caitlin Wilson In late October 2025, Hurricane Melissa devastated the Caribbean, causing billions of dollars in damage and affecting multiple countries as strong winds and powerful rains moved through. Throughout the Caribbean, damage from Hurricane Melissa is estimated to be between $48 billion and $52 billion. Jamaica was arguably hit the hardest, with Hurricane […]
By: Alexis Castillo The NCAA’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy is not currently accessible to the roughly 14,000 international student-athletes competing at the Division I level. Most of these athletes attend U.S. colleges and universities on F-1 (student) visas, which grant them access to standard student benefits and compensation from passive NIL deals, not […]
