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The #MeToo Movement
by Sanah Mehta November 17, 2018Legacy I stand on the sacrifices of a million women before me thinking what can I do to make this mountain taller so the…
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State of the European Union
by Grayson Peters November 5, 2018Two years after the British people narrowly voted for a “Brexit” referendum to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union, the EU is…
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Ethnicity and Democracy: A Dangerous Mix?
by Katarina Kosmala-Dahlbeck October 18, 2018In July 2018, the Israeli Knesset passed a law defining Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people”. This so-called “nation-state law” establishes…
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Measles: Europe’s Underreported Epidemic
by Andrea Zachrich October 4, 2018Worldwide, measles cases have been declining for decades, but in Europe there has been a dangerous reversal of that trend throughout the last several…
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The Russo-Georgian War, 10 Years Later
by Conor McDonald September 26, 2018On August 7th, 2008, the leaders of the Russian Federation shocked the world and made the controversial decision to mobilize and invade Georgia, a…
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Bayer Acquires Monsanto: Controversy & Implications for Global Agriculture
by Sareen Ishanyan September 24, 2018Following two years of negotiations and approval seeking from various governmental bodies, the acquisition of the American agricultural biotechnology company known as Monsanto by the…