Cold War II: Electric Boogaloo

It sure feels like we’re in the 1960s doesn’t it? On July 18th, Malaysia Air flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and was scheduled to land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The flight path had the airplane flying over the Ukrainian-Russian border, which has recently been a hotbed of civil strife and fighting since […]

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Brother Against Brother

Tensions between Israel and Palestine have reached a boiling point following a perpetual cycle of violence from both sides. The string of violence follows the kidnapping  and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers at the hands of Hamas militants. On the night of Thursday June 12th, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar, and Naftali Frenkel were hitchhiking […]

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Obama’s Katrina

A recent influx of immigrant children from South American countries has swamped immigration detention centers. Many of the children that are flooding into the United States are escaping the ever-growing gang violence and other economic disparities in their home countries. Although they come seeking a better life or to reunite with their family in the United […]

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