“The Philippines, as an independent sovereign nation, must not be treated as trash by a foreign nation,” said President Duerte’s spokesman in 2019, responding to years of the country being a dumping ground for Canada. For decades, Southeast Asians were widely treated as “dirty workers,” exposed to degraded environments, toxic chemicals, and even blamed for 60 percent of ocean waste.
Mohan Sun
October 29, 2025
Still visibly shocked at the local Greyhound bus station’s sudden disappearance, one Edmonton community member admitted, “I don’t know where everybody is.” In 2017, the station, which had been well known as the hottest local hangout spot for people to gather, share resources, and build relationships, was demolished in front of their very eyes. Despite its cherished status, the location had been long eyed by property developers looking for the best place to build their new sports stadium. To them, the Rogers Place would put Edmonton on the world map as a vibrant urban centre with contemporary cultural amenities.
Hanwen Lin
October 29, 2025
In today’s world, cities face escalating threats from climate change, including heatwaves, floods, and rising CO2 emissions. Many of these threats are caused by rapid urbanization and unsustainable architectural practices that disrupt entire ecosystems. In fact, skyscrapers alone, such as the ones in Dubai that prioritize aesthetics over ecological function, can generate about 140 percent more greenhouse gases than shorter buildings of equivalent occupancy.
Jiangli Wang
October 29, 2025
Approximately 6–7 percent of all pupils in the United Kingdom receive private education, yet this group accounts for a disproportionate share of highly influential jobs in the nation.1 Many factors contribute to this disparity, but one stands out in particular: their type of education.
Zifu Yang
September 19, 2025
Stephen Hawking, who devoted his entire life to scientific exploration and the search for the origin of the universe, publicly stated that he was an atheist in many occasions. In religious philosophy, one must deny the existence of God to be considered an atheist (Draper, 2022). In his last work, “Brief Answers to the Big Questions”, he declared that “there is no God, and no one commands the universe” (Hawking, 2018). Additionally, Hawking (2018) once said such a passage:
Yunke Huang
September 19, 2025
Imagine human cognition as a sprawling vine, with objectivity acting as the trellis that guides its growth. The nature of this trellis remains a central topic in psychology. An objective reality is considered the bedrock of rational thought and scientific inquiry, a concept that has been central to the pursuit of truth. The idea of objectivity as something independent of human perception and subjective experience is deeply ingrained in many Western intellectual traditions. However, upon closer examination, this seemingly straightforward concept reveals itself to be complex and elusive. Although the notion of objectivity existing independently in the mind is highly seductive, one's sense of objectivity is fundamentally a subjective construct, and widely accepted objectivity is merely a form of collective consensus. The notion of absolute objectivity itself remains an unverifiable and ultimately flawed hypothesis.
Yizhou Chen
September 19, 2025
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