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Two 19-year-old women, İkbal Uzuner and Ayşenur Halil, were brutally murdered on Oct. 4, 2024 by 19-year-old Semih Çelik in Istanbul, who then proceeded to commit…
It happened. Donald Trump and his Republican Party have gained a governing trifecta in Washington. On top of this, they have a Supreme Court supermajority keen…
The 2024 election of Donald Trump shocked many across the United States. To a portion of the population, such an overtly right-wing and proto-fascist candidate gaining…
On Nov. 1, 2024, a coalition of European Green parties called for Green Party candidate Jill Stein to drop out of the U.S. presidential race and…
Despite scientists having proved that the Earth’s temperature is rising and contributing to extreme natural disasters, some Americans continue to sweep the issue of climate change…
Very little seems certain regarding Election Day 2024. Speculation over whether polls will be biased — and, if so, towards which party — has flooded commentary…
While it has been consistently reported that Biden has been frustrated with and privately disparages Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in actuality, he has applied little…
In early 2023, Christiano Ronaldo introduced himself to a packed stadium of soccer fans chanting his name, nothing new for one of soccer’s all-time greats who…
As the challenge of garnering the youth vote becomes more relevant in the American electoral landscape, both the Democratic Party and the GOP have employed politically…
Election day is coming up, and too many New Yorkers won't head to the polls because they believe their vote is meaningless. The common misconception is…