On the morning of November 18, 1978, the tiny nation of Guyana was shaken by scenes straight out of a fever dream. Guyanese officials had arrived at the small settlement of Jonestown to find it littered with hundreds of bodies—918, to be precise. It would later come to light that … Continue Reading
Warping Worldviews: Paradigm Shifts in Crime and Society
You slump in front of your laptop as the teacher rambles on through the meeting. Your mind flits from an Oscar-worthy daydream to your uneventful Instagram account. Suddenly, the teacher calls out your name, and you hurriedly unmute yourself, fumbling through a blatantly incorrect answer. She decides to go through … Continue Reading
What Makes a Drug, a Drug?
The year was 1905: the place, Chicago, the United States of America. A man, after a tiresome day of earning some scraps, walked into the Sears and Roebuck store which had taken the public by storm as they offered a variety of beauties in their catalog— watches, coffins, textiles, opium, … Continue Reading