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Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol

Posted by Christopher Buchanan
|Date: January 10, 2023
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Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol

By Christopher Buchanan LOS ANGELES, CA—The 2022 World Cup ceremonies in Qatar finished last month ...

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. ...

January 10, 2023
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‘They Can’t Silence Us’: BLM Protests against Racist City Councilmembers

Posted by Karis Kim
|Date: November 18, 2022
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‘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 ...

By Victoria Lee and Karis Kim LOS ANGELES, CA—Three weeks ago, audio files of Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, and Kevin de León were leaked by an anonymous source containing racist statements. Sinc ...

November 18, 2022
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Civil War in Ethiopia May Finally Be at an End

Posted by Cooper Dutton
|Date: November 17, 2022
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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 ...

November 17, 2022
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Multiple Formerly Incarcerated Floridians Arrested for Illegal Voting after Being Informed They Were Eligible to Vote

Posted by Cooper Dutton
|Date: November 16, 2022
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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 ...

November 16, 2022
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U.S. Appeals Court Temporarily Places Stay on Biden’s Plan for Student Debt

Posted by Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa
|Date: November 16, 2022
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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 ...

November 16, 2022
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UAW 2865 Fights for Better Working Conditions and Higher Wages

Posted by Karis Kim
|Date: November 05, 2022
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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 ...

By Karis Kim LOS ANGELES, CA—On Oct. 12, over 1300 graduate workers and researchers under UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 called for a strike authorization vote on Janss Steps at the University of Califo ...

November 05, 2022
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Far-Right Giorgia Meloni Set to be Italy’s Next Prime Minister

Posted by Cooper Dutton
|Date: October 23, 2022
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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 ...

October 23, 2022
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Women-led Anti-hijab Protests Spread Across Iran

Posted by Kiyana Patel
|Date: October 23, 2022
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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 ...

October 23, 2022
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‘Death to the Director’: The Passionate Protest for Change of the Islamic Republic

Posted by Karis Kim
|Date: October 13, 2022
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‘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 ...

By Karis Kim TEHRAN, IRAN—On Sept. 16, news of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini spread through the streets of Iran, igniting protests from angry young Iranians and people around the world. ...

October 13, 2022
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The Mahsa Amini Protests: A World United

Posted by Christopher Buchanan
|Date: October 12, 2022
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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 ...

October 12, 2022
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Sackett v EPA: A Crisis for the Clean Water Act

Posted by Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa
|Date: October 12, 2022
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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 ...

October 12, 2022
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Disgraced R&B Singer R. Kelly Found Guilty in Chicago Trial for Child Pornography

Posted by Karis Kim
|Date: October 04, 2022
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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 ...

By Karis Kim CHICAGO, IL.—This month, the infamous pop and R&B singer Robert Kelly was convicted on 6 out of 13 counts of child pornography, specifically pressuring minors (including his go ...

October 04, 2022
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Are Anti-Discrmination Laws Under Threat from the First Amendment?

Posted by Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa
|Date: October 03, 2022
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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 ...

October 03, 2022
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President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Relief Plan

Posted by Sadie Larios
|Date: October 03, 2022
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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 ...

October 03, 2022
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Adnan Syed Released from Prison after Judge Vacates Murder Conviction

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: October 03, 2022
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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 ...

October 03, 2022
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Migrants: The G.O.P’s Latest Political Pawns

Posted by Christopher Buchanan
|Date: September 23, 2022
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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 ...

September 23, 2022
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United Nations Unanimously Adopts Historic Resolution on Sexual Violence Bill of Rights

Posted by Riya Shivana
|Date: September 18, 2022
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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 ...

September 18, 2022
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The Jackson Water Crisis: A Relic of Environmental Racism?

Posted by Kiyana Patel
|Date: September 18, 2022
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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 ...

September 18, 2022
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U.S. Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court Not to Take American Samoa Citizenship Case

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: September 17, 2022
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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 ...

September 17, 2022
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Appeals Court Decides Arkansas Cannot Prohibit Treatment for Transgender Children

Posted by Kiyana Patel
|Date: September 02, 2022
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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 ...

September 02, 2022
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