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In front of the New York County Supreme Court on February 21, 2021, a woman holds a poster of photos of Christian Hall at a rally calling for justice after…
Courtesy of Fiona Sharpe | Twitter: @SharpeFiona Since I became politically aware, I have been a conservative and a loyal Republican. I grew up in a bourgeois religious community, so…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron pay their respects for a fallen French Resistance fighter. Photo courtesy of The New York Times. One of my new favorite…
Photo Illustration Courtesy of FiveThirtyEight The matter taking up space in the forefront of the minds of both Republican and Democratic Party leaders is the upcoming January 5 Georgia Senate…
Caption: Lawmakers are once again scrambling to avert a government shutdown due for December 11th. Source: Time. For 30 of the last 40 years, America has operated under divided government—with…
An illustration demonstrating a simplified version of what ranked choice voting looks like. Illustration courtesy of Yes! Magazine. On November 3, 2020, aside from voting for the President, their Senator,…
The first I learned of the mass Trump support among Vietnamese Americans was only days before the presidential election. Despite being a second-generation Vietnamese American, I grew up in a…
Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke Smiles. Photo Courtesy of NPR Of the persistent problems in American policymaking, our national obsession with the deficit is the most frustrating.…
Pictured: A graphic depiction of a diverse group of people. Photo courtesy of Leading Hand. What does it really mean to love your neighbor? It means more than saying you care…
Signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, held virtually. Source: The New York Times. On Sunday, November 15, 15 Asian-Pacific countries signed the largest free trade deal in the…