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ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD ’23/ THE HAWK
SOURCES: Council on Foreign Relations
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Afghan student trapped in Kabul dreams of escape, peaceful future

N A December 7, 2021

This past August, shortly after taking my last exam at the college I attend in Sacramento, California, where I am studying for my computer science degree, I took a flight to Kabul, Afghanistan to visit...

Philadelphia children are getting hit hard

Caren Teague September 14, 2021

Under-served and lower-income Philadelphia public schools have finally made the transition to an in-person learning format, months after other districts throughout the state and country had already done...

Jose Martinez ’21, a Venezuelan student and St. Joe’s baseball player, on Smithson Field, the Hawks’ home field. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Events in homeland Venezuela affect the St. Joe’s community

Gabrielle Vagnozzi February 26, 2019

As thousands of Venezuelans continue to protest the government currently led by President Nicolas Maduro and battle to maintain stability in the country, Venezuelans at St. Joe’s are concerned about...

PHOTO: ROSE BARRETT '20/THE HAWK

The end starts with us

Kaila Mundell-Hill February 12, 2019

Panel discusses American opioid crisis National substance use disorder recovery advocate Ryan Hampton reminded attendees at a panel discussion about the opioid epidemic that college students are heavily...

Esteban Zuñiga, 16, who works at the Taqueria El No Que No, worries that a border confrontation will hurt business. PHOTO: THE HAWK

Looming crisis at the border

Paige Santiago and Michael Kokias November 6, 2018

Nuevo Progreso, Mexico — For more than two decades, 63-year-old Maria Luisa Lima Ortiz has been running Taqueria El No Que No, a tented taco stand in a line of taco stands along Calle Sonora in Nuevo...

The negligence epidemic

The negligence epidemic

Josh Bostrom October 30, 2017

The opioid crisis is about more than just pharmaceutical companies 33,091. This is the number of people who were killed in 2015 by an opioid overdose. This number includes prescription drugs and the commonly...

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