U.S. Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States has been added to the CIVICUS global monitor human rights watchlist as the organization notes rapidly declining civil liberties within the country….
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The Dark Right Rises
The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have won under the leadership of Friedrich Merz, who…
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A Few Mad Men: Trump’s Foreign Policy
Since taking office for the first time in 2017, Donald Trump has arguably become one of the most controversial figures in politics. Now at the…
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The Price of Protectionism
On Feb.1, President Trump implemented a set of tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in response to rising tensions over fentanyl trafficking and immigration. On Feb. 3, Mexico announced a series of retaliatory…
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U.S. Under Scrutiny For Treatment of Deportees
As Donald Trump takes office for a second time, questions regarding immigration bubble to the surface during his first weeks as president. The ethics of…
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What Does Ceasefire in Palestine Really Mean?
After 15 months of war – after the deaths of thousands, after the displacement of thousands – a ceasefire deal has been established in the…
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Assad Regime Topples in Syria
Within days of relaunching an offensive, anti-Assad rebels gained rapid control of southern and northern portions of Syria. The offensive resulted in the end of…
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Mahsa Amini: The Spark That Lit the Fire
It starts with a girl. Her name is Mahsa Amini. She was a 22-year-old woman from Saqqez, a Kurdish province in Iran, who was visiting…
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Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Controversial Caribbean Tour
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went on an eight-day tour of the Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica. But the trip didn’t start off on a…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine, Explained
Russia’s war in Ukraine has persisted more than three weeks, with a relentless bombardment of the country that has resulted in over 800 civilian deaths,…
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The Pandora Papers: What They Are and Why They Matter
On Oct. 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published 11.9 million confidential documents exposing secret offshore bank accounts of current and former…
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