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US army specialist Jessica Walker from Killingworth, shares a hug with an Afghan child at a girl scout meeting in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Flikr. Afghanistan has endured…
President Trump addresses his cabinet and the press. Photo courtesy of Reuters. Perhaps the most entertaining of the many new phenomena stirred into existence by Trump’s manic reign, has been…
Traffic near Grand Central Station. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Update: As of April 1, the State Legislature and Gov. Cuomo passed the 2020 budget, congestion pricing included. Although the…
Migrants under the Paso Del Norte Bridge. Photo courtesy of the New York Times. The American dream is still very much a phantom at the end of a long and…
There's a lot of presidential candidates. Photo courtesy of Vox.com. With Beto O’Rourke’s recent announcement of his bid for president, a staggering 14 Democrats have thrown their hat into the…
Kashmiri onlookers standing near the remains of one of the aircrafts. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Kashmir, a territory sandwiched between India and Pakistan, has been disputed for decades. Recently,…
Ethan Lindenberger testifies against his anti-vaccination parents before Congress. Photo courtesy of NBC News. With the 2020 election already hanging over our heads, it’s fairly easy to picture which socio-political…
Two Kyrgyzstani girl in traditional clothing. Photo courtesy of The Borgen Project. Education breeds confidence and encourages young girls to pursue opportunities otherwise not available to them, which is one…
Young lesbian woman with face paint at an LGBTQ+ community center in Accra, Ghana. Photo courtesy of Human Rights Watch. Ghana is a leader in terms of West African democracy…
The First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights opened their doors this past Saturday, March 23 for a tenant town hall meeting discussing universal rent control. The meeting, organized by the Housing Justice For All coalition, outlined nine points they want state legislators to pay attention to come June 15 when the state’s current rent laws are set to expire.