As the final minutes of Election Day 2018 ticked away across the United States, a new era in Washington was set to begin. Former Democratic…
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Could Twitter Finally Be Adding an Edit Button?
Twitter users have been asking to edit their tweets since the service launched in 2006. It’s since been one of the most requested Twitter features,…
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The Story Behind the ‘Caravan’
Thousands of people from three Central American countries — Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala — are slowly making their way through Mexico towards the U.S.…
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After over 1600 days, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water
Over four years after the story of the Flint Water Crisis first made headlines around the world, the residents of Flint, Michigan, still do not…
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Family feuds are played out in public as the US goes to vote in midterm elections
Featured Image by Jessica Whittle Abraham Lincoln said in 1858 that ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand.’ A divided house was the theme of a…
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Women in Combat: Is the Jury Really Still Out?
Featured image courtesy of: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=20&offset=40&profile=default&search=jim+mattis+#/media/File:Jim_Mattis_in_Washington_-_2018_(41414065314).jpg In a speech made at the Virginia Military Institute, US Secretary of Defence General James Mattis, stated that ‘the jury…
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A Divided Nation: The Fall-out of the Brett Kavanaugh Appointment to the US Supreme Court
These days, it is a rare sight when an entire nation is glued to the television screen captured by what is considered historic and momentous.…
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Humpty Dumpty and the Zionist Cause
Are we falling into the trap that Humpty Dumpty did in Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Look Glass, when he said to Alice, ‘When I…
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Privacy, Democracy, and Cambridge Analytica: Red Herring or Weapon of Mass Manipulation?
Among the many threads, whispers, and rumors surrounding the election of US President Donald Trump, one in particular has caught the attention of the media…
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Trump – Saviour of the Separation of Powers?
Since the campaign, it has been evident that President Donald Trump is not a conventional Republican. Indeed, he has departed from conventional Republican policies numerous…
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Sino-US Trade War in the eyes of China: ‘we would fight to the end’
The ‘trade war’ between China and the United States appears to be the first confrontation between two figures, both of whom are determined to challenge…
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The Reification of Undocumented Immigrants: Trump’s Termination of DACA
Since the beginning of his short political ‘career,’ President Trump has been unwaveringly against one particular group of people: immigrants. Trump has built his campaign…
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