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Photo courtesy of Getty Images On August 16, 2019, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced her policy platform for tribal nations and indigenous peoples. At around 9,000 words, it was her longest…
Pictured: Model of the novel coronavirus. Photo courtesy of McMaster University. “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear. And from our shores,…
Hindus torment a Muslim man during the riots on Monday, Feb 24, 2020. Photo courtesy of Reuters (via The New York Times). Months of religious tension surrounding the highly controversial…
Pictured: An Iowa Caucus chairman flips a coin to break a delegate tie. Photo courtesy of CNN. On February 3rd, 2020, thousands of Democratic Party members in Iowa took part…
Photo courtesy of Ashraf Shazly, Getty Images. On February 11, Mohamed al-Hassan al-Taayeshi, a member of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, announced that Sudan was considering the handover of former President…
Pictured: Hose with water flowing into barrels in Ghana. Photo courtesy of climatelinks.org Ghana is a beautiful, rapidly developing country in West Africa, but its rapid development is making it…
Courtesy of TradiMo. “I don’t think [economic] expansions just die of old age,” said Janet Yellen, which was followed by Ben Bernanke saying, “I like to say they get murdered.”…
Photo courtesy of Flickr “Are you trying to say I’m dumb? Are you mocking me here, Pete?” This was Senator Amy Klobuchar’s retort to former Mayor Pete Buttigieg needling her…
Pictured: NYU Professor Amin Husain at a pro-Palestine rally. Photo courtesy of the NY Post On Tuesday, February 18th, Kristen Gourrier, the President of NYU College Republicans, and I, the…
Journalists protesting in Kashmir on Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock (via The New York Times). “The judiciary has played a great role in the past in ensuring…