By Christopher Buchanan LOS ANGELES, CA—The 2022 World Cup ceremonies in Qatar finished last month ...
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Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol
Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol
By Christopher Buchanan LOS ANGELES, CA—The 2022 World Cup ceremonies in Qatar finished last month after a flurry of negative news coverage plagued the preparation process for the games. ...
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‘They Can’t Silence Us’: BLM Protests against Racist City Councilmembers
‘They Can’t Silence Us’: BLM Protests against Racist City Councilmembers
By Victoria Lee and Karis Kim LOS ANGELES, CA—Three weeks ago, audio files of Nury Martinez, Gil C ...
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Civil War in Ethiopia May Finally Be at an End
Civil War in Ethiopia May Finally Be at an End
By Cooper Dutton TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA—The civil war which has consumed the Tigray region of Ethiopia a ...
By Cooper Dutton TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA—The civil war which has consumed the Tigray region of Ethiopia and drawn in neighboring Eritrea over the past two years may be coming to an end. On Wedn ...
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Multiple Formerly Incarcerated Floridians Arrested for Illegal Voting after Being Informed They Were Eligible to Vote
Multiple Formerly Incarcerated Floridians Arrested for Illegal Voting after Being Informed They Were Eligible to Vote
By Cooper Dutton TALLAHASSEE, FL—Police bodycam footage released this month shows over 20 people i ...
By Cooper Dutton TALLAHASSEE, FL—Police bodycam footage released this month shows over 20 people in Florida visibly confused by their Aug. 18 arrests for allegedly committing voter fraud in the ...
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U.S. Appeals Court Temporarily Places Stay on Biden’s Plan for Student Debt
U.S. Appeals Court Temporarily Places Stay on Biden’s Plan for Student Debt
By Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa LOUIS, MISSOURI — On Oct. 21, 2022, the Biden administration was ordered to tem ...
By Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa LOUIS, MISSOURI — On Oct. 21, 2022, the Biden administration was ordered to temporarily halt any decisions moving forward on the student debt cancellation program after six R ...
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UAW 2865 Fights for Better Working Conditions and Higher Wages
UAW 2865 Fights for Better Working Conditions and Higher Wages
By Karis Kim LOS ANGELES, CA—On Oct. 12, over 1300 graduate workers and researchers under UAW 2865 ...
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Far-Right Giorgia Meloni Set to be Italy’s Next Prime Minister
Far-Right Giorgia Meloni Set to be Italy’s Next Prime Minister
By Cooper Dutton ROME, ITALY—Giorgia Meloni appears set to become the first Italian prime minister ...
By Cooper Dutton ROME, ITALY—Giorgia Meloni appears set to become the first Italian prime minister from the far right since World War II after her Brothers of Italy party led a right-wing coali ...
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Women-led Anti-hijab Protests Spread Across Iran
Women-led Anti-hijab Protests Spread Across Iran
By Kiyana Patel TEHRAN, IRAN— Following the killing of a 22-year-old woman by Iran's "morality police," ...
By Kiyana Patel TEHRAN, IRAN— Following the killing of a 22-year-old woman by Iran's "morality police," who believed she had violated the country's strict dress code for women, female-led protests ha ...
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‘Death to the Director’: The Passionate Protest for Change of the Islamic Republic
‘Death to the Director’: The Passionate Protest for Change of the Islamic Republic
By Karis Kim TEHRAN, IRAN—On Sept. 16, news of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini spread through ...
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The Mahsa Amini Protests: A World United
The Mahsa Amini Protests: A World United
By Christopher Buchanan TEHRAN, IRAN — Widespread protests and riots have swept the Iranian state ...
By Christopher Buchanan TEHRAN, IRAN — Widespread protests and riots have swept the Iranian state and the world in the name of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman whose death in custody has rais ...
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Sackett v EPA: A Crisis for the Clean Water Act
Sackett v EPA: A Crisis for the Clean Water Act
By: Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2004, Michael and Chantelle Sackett ecstatically ...
By: Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2004, Michael and Chantelle Sackett ecstatically purchased a half-acre arcadian property for $23,000 with the hopes of settling down. Eighteen y ...
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Disgraced R&B Singer R. Kelly Found Guilty in Chicago Trial for Child Pornography
Disgraced R&B Singer R. Kelly Found Guilty in Chicago Trial for Child Pornography
By Karis Kim CHICAGO, IL.—This month, the infamous pop and R&B singer Robert Kelly was convict ...
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Are Anti-Discrmination Laws Under Threat from the First Amendment?
Are Anti-Discrmination Laws Under Threat from the First Amendment?
By Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa NEW YORK CITY, NY.—In the lawsuit Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Allianc ...
By Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa NEW YORK CITY, NY.—In the lawsuit Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance, the Supreme Court’s ruling may finally answer the debate of whether religious institutions a ...
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President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Relief Plan
President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Relief Plan
By Sadie Larios WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, President Joe Biden announced his three-part Student ...
By Sadie Larios WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, President Joe Biden announced his three-part Student Debt Relief Plan to cancel student debt for low- and middle-income borrowers which, along with ...
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Adnan Syed Released from Prison after Judge Vacates Murder Conviction
Adnan Syed Released from Prison after Judge Vacates Murder Conviction
By Ariel Peterson BALTIMORE, MD—After spending 23 years in prison, Adnan Syed was released this mo ...
By Ariel Peterson BALTIMORE, MD—After spending 23 years in prison, Adnan Syed was released this month following a Baltimore Circuit Court judge’s decision to vacate his conviction based on the ...
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Migrants: The G.O.P’s Latest Political Pawns
Migrants: The G.O.P’s Latest Political Pawns
By Christopher Buchanan WASHINGTON D.C. — As immigration tensions rise and the issue reaches a poi ...
By Christopher Buchanan WASHINGTON D.C. — As immigration tensions rise and the issue reaches a point of deadlock, Republicans have employed a new, inhumane strategy to garner Democratic attenti ...
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United Nations Unanimously Adopts Historic Resolution on Sexual Violence Bill of Rights
United Nations Unanimously Adopts Historic Resolution on Sexual Violence Bill of Rights
By Riya Shivanand New York City, NY—This month, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously pa ...
By Riya Shivanand New York City, NY—This month, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to create a historic world-wide sexual violence bill of rights. First ...
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The Jackson Water Crisis: A Relic of Environmental Racism?
The Jackson Water Crisis: A Relic of Environmental Racism?
By Kiyana Patel Jackson, MS. —A weather-related calamity has shut off the water taps for many Jackson, Mi ...
By Kiyana Patel Jackson, MS. —A weather-related calamity has shut off the water taps for many Jackson, Mississippi, households for the second time in a year, creating an environmental justice issue th ...
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U.S. Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court Not to Take American Samoa Citizenship Case
U.S. Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court Not to Take American Samoa Citizenship Case
By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, United States Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelog ...
By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, United States Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar submitted a brief to the Supreme Court urging the court not to grant certiorari for Fitisema ...
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Appeals Court Decides Arkansas Cannot Prohibit Treatment for Transgender Children
Appeals Court Decides Arkansas Cannot Prohibit Treatment for Transgender Children
By Kiyana Patel LITTLE ROCK, AR.— A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas' restriction on transition- ...
By Kiyana Patel LITTLE ROCK, AR.— A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas' restriction on transition-related medical procedures such as hormones or surgery for transgender youth under the age of 1 ...
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