Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and 8 Others Face Charges Related to Flint Water Crisis
Lately, the question of what defines the pursuit of justice apart from partisan political games weighs heavily on the minds of concerned citizens across a starkly divided America. In Michigan, that question hits a little closer to home, especially for those directly impacted by the Flint Water Crisis.
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Bike from Washington, D.C., to Washington State
In a maelstrom of grave news over the last several months — or years, depending — great news has sprung up for nature lovers, adventurers, bikers, hikers and all who are looking for the next big challenge.
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Breakup of Tech Giants Crucial to Future of American Politics
On Jan. 6, a group of extremist right-wing insurgents made headlines after they managed to push past barriers and break into the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The event was a culmination of political tensions surrounding last November’s election, but right-wing constituents were fed dangerous and inflammatory narratives long before Joe Biden’s election.
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The Traitor in Chief
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, supporters of the outgoing President Donald Trump participated in an insurrection and sieged the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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Beijing Tightens Grip on Hong Kong Dissidents
Prison sentences for 10 Hong Kong activists were handed down in a mainland Chinese court last week. Even with the condemnations of governments and human rights organizations, there’s no guarantee Beijing will change course. Instead, they plan on tightening their grip.
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Sanctions on Iran an Unethical and Ineffective Foreign Policy Strategy
As Iran’s population is forced into poverty, the U.S. must face the reality that causing suffering for millions of innocent civilians is an unethical approach to demanding change from a theocracy over which they have no control.
US: Has the death penalty faced a death of its own?
Public opinion, international outrage and lobbying from human rights groups, as well as the pledge from President-elect Joe Biden, shows death penalty support is dying out within the United States. Marc Hyden, National Advocacy Coordinator at Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty said, “As more and more Americans are confronted with the death penalty’s failures – risk to innocent life, high financial cost, failure to protect society, and harm on murder victims’ families – its days are numbered.”
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Iran Can and Will They Make a Nuclear Weapon?
In the last couple weeks a nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to restrict the nuclear capacity of Iran has continued to erode. The deal’s main objective was to delay, if not prevent, the time it would take for Iran to produce a nuclear bomb.
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President Trump Should Pardon Edward Snowden
Seven years ago is when Edward Snowden and the conversation around surveillance on American citizens changed forever. The documents he collected and leaked to newspapers around the globe are one of the most important peeks inside the American government's spying apparatus to date. Since then, both his motives and methods of distribution have been topics of heated debate. Some consider him a traitor, others a hero.
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The End of an Era: Angela Merkel - German Foreign Policy Part II
In 2018, Angela Merkel was named the fourth most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine, following after Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and in 2019 the most powerful woman in the world.
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Human Trafficking. Can Sex Work Decriminalization Reduce Sex Trafficking?
Sex work and sex trafficking are two interrelated phenomena. Decriminalization of sex work may make everyone safer, reducing the number of people trafficked and helping victims to make their voices heard publicly.
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Biden, Blinken and the Blob
oe Biden said one of the first things he will do as President is calling other world leaders and say, "America's back, you can count on us." What Biden means by back is that the bipartisan consensus on American foreign policy is back. That is to say, the blob is back.
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The Population-Centric COIN
COIN is a specific way of doing counterinsurgency that excludes the use of brute force against civilians. he doctrine of counter-insurgency or COIN had been rediscovered around 2006 by the American military as a tool to rescue the failing Iraq and Afghanistan occupations.
Vaccines Are On The Way: What You Need To Know
For a long time, it felt as if there was no end in sight. Finally, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel. A coronavirus vaccine will not fix the problem overnight. But it’s the first concrete step to ending this pandemic and getting life back to normal.
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Politics in the Digital Age
24-hour news cycles are the norm, a tweet can derail a politician’s career yet equally, political participation and activism are on the rise. Is politics succeeding or failing in the digital era?
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Kind Gestures
Since October, many countries in Europe and individual regions and cities around the world, e.g. New York, have been under lockdown due to rising numbers of COVID-19 infections. The fear that they will not survive the second lockdown economically is great among the owners of companies.
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The Definition, Politics and Importance of DACA
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program implemented by former President Barack Obama on June 15th. DACA is vital for undocumented youth, many of whom arrived in the US as infants and know only the American way of life. But what is DACA and why is it so important?
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Election Integrity in the United States
In early November of 2020, the United States of American held its 59th presidential election to determine whether the incumbent president Donald Trump would retain office or would be forced out by challengers, specifically Joe Biden.
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Washington’s Commitment to Kosovo
U.S. President Donald Trump held a trilateral meeting with leaders of Serbia and Kosovo in the Oval Office on September the 4th. “I am pleased to announce a truly historic commitment, Serbia and Kosovo have each committed to economic normalization,” Trump said in the press conference with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbia's president Aleksandar Vučić.
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Special Report: The Last Presidential Debate Part 3
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