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In Los Angeles, at least, there are pockets of safety for undocumented folks who seek sanctuary. Shortly after the presidential inauguration that put Donald Trump in office — raising fears of an immigration crackdown — the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to implement a series of policies that would make it more difficult …
Athletes from across every professional league reacted to the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Most notable was LeBron James, an outspoken critic of Trump, who described the violence as “sad” and added “Our youth deserve better.” NFL players Chris and Kyle Long grew up in Charlottesville with their father, football commentator and former NFL player …
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In an attempt to win back its blue-collar fan base and rebound from a presidential loss, the Democratic Party is doing what any sinking corporate entity might do: rebrand. According to the Associated Press (via the Washington Post), leading Democrats attribute their 2016 losses to voters not knowing what the party is all about — …
It’s been well over a year since Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump, but in the alternative reality of Fox News, she lurks like a shadow president. While Trump is the subject of an investigation into his administration’s potentially treasonous ties to Russia, Fox says the real collusion story is Clinton. The network also bashed her …
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“Syria for everyone”, picture taken in Raqqa in April 2013. Picture by Beshr Abdulhadi. Flickr.com (CC BY 2.0). Some rights reserved.The war in Syria has had important consequences in the country in terms of rising sectarianism and racism. In this in-depth article, I demonstrate the importance of a dynamic and open understanding of citizenship. Citizenship …
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The seeds sowed by Trumpism are beginning to bear fruit in America — and the harvest is rather rotten. Donald Trump openly pandered to white racial resentment in the 2016 election and, unfortunately, was awarded the most important job in the world. A study by Leonardo Bursztyn of the University of Chicago found that Trumpism …
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Barcelona March 8 feminists on strike. Banner slogan: "Ens aturem per canviar – ho tot: vaga feminista!" “Feminist strike: we strike to change everything.’ All rights reserved.Laura Pérez welcomes us to her office at Barcelona City Hall, which is still covered with posters from the feminist strike of March 8. On that day, the councillor …
THE GOOD NEWS: A huge crowd came out to support a gay football player being harassed by the Westboro Baptist Church. Jake Bain, a star running back and senior at John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri, has gone through a lot to earn his football scholarship to Indiana State University. He made headlines last …
Boğaziçi University, 2012. Wikicommons/ Turkmessage. Some rights reserved.From June 6 to Augus 4, 2016, I was a visiting assistant professor at the Political Science Department of Bogazici (Bosphorus in Turkish) University, the first American higher education institution founded abroad. This account is of my personal experience of the traumatic events that happened last year in …
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Last year, a 10-year-old golf phenom from north Virginia was ordered by a judge to stop playing competitively for one year as part of a seven-year custody battle between her parents, Michael Vechery and Florence Cottet-Moine. According to the girl’s father, she had won 22 out of 33 kids tournaments in the past two years. …
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