Officer Guyger Sentenced 10 Years, Now What?

Amber Guyger shot an unarmed 28-year-old black man, Botham Jean, on September 6th, 2018. What followed was outrage, confusion, and anguish. At the time, Guyger was a police officer with a track record of inappropriate and offensive text messages and online posts.

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A Bad Week in Paris

At three o’clock in the afternoon, on the last day of September, a whole country stood in silence. Jacques Chirac was the President of France from 1995 to 2007, and before that served as the Prime Minister of France, the Mayor of Paris, the Minister of the Interior, and in several other prominent political posts.

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California College Athletes Will Be Able to Make Money
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California College Athletes Will Be Able to Make Money

College sports is a billion-dollar industry, with top schools like Texas A&M generating over $190 million in sports revenue, according to Business Insider.

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Impeachment 2.0

The story of how the impeachment ball began rolling doesn’t start with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but seven moderate freshman Democrats.

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Why Elizabeth Warren Gives Me Hope

Photo of myself during the Elizabeth Warren rally in Washington Square Park on September 16th, 2019. / “People listen as U.S. Senator and democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks at…

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ICE Raids Compromise the Court System and Threaten Public Safety

A young man and his mother had just left Brooklyn Criminal Court. A mere block from the courthouse, two plain-clothed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers appeared out of nowhere, grabbed the man, and dragged him to an unmarked vehicle. The mother thought that her son was being kidnapped. Neither officer would answer her simple question: “Who are you?” As the mother cried for help, a third officer appeared, shoved her against a wall, and repeatedly told her to “shut up.” The vehicle drove off and the mother was left sobbing on the street. She didn’t know what had happened until her son called from an ICE processing facility the following day.

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Guatemala Presidential Candidate Gloria Álvarez And Her Hope for Her Country: A Conversation

It’s a secret to no one that Latin America doesn’t have a rich history of stable democracies or economies. Guatemala is one of many Latin American countries that have struggled throughout history to maintain a fair democracy, societal stability, and a buoyant economy.

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Thailand, Kind of, Has an Election

Photo courtesy of ABC News On March 24, Thailand had its first democratic election since the 2014 coup that put its military in power. All 500 seats in the Thai…

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Lessons From Wikileaks

Photo courtesy of BBC News From its inception, WikiLeaks has operated in a hazy realm between journalism and activism, a prime example of the transformative power of the Internet to…

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