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What Terrorists and Minneapolis Street Gangs Have in Common 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2019
The 2019 movie Hotel Mumbai tells the gripping tale of the Islamic terror attacks in Mumbai during November 2008. The ten youthful terrorists were from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. They murdered 164 people. The alleged mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, was never tried. In the movie, he is known as Brother Bull, a disembodied voice heard over cell phones giving instructions
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Hong Kong Protests Highlight Failings of UK-China Agreement 35 Years In 0
- History
- September 26, 2019
September 26 marks the 35th anniversary of the draft agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This agreement allowed China to regain control of Hong Kong following 150 years of British rule. Signed in 1984, the treaty saw mainland China make several promises regarding the status of Hong Kong. These promises were to be kept until at
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Why We Should Take Greta Thunberg Seriously 0
- Culture
- September 25, 2019
At this point, there’s hardly any need to repost the video of Greta Thunberg speaking at a U.N. press conference earlier this week, so widely has the footage been spread on social media. Fighting back tears and with a trembling voice, the 16-year-old issued an emotional call to fight climate change that has captured people’s
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City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand 0
- Culture
- September 25, 2019
It’s like something out of The Onion: city manager shuts down preschool farm stand out of fear that, if allowed, “we could end up with one on every corner.” Farm Stand Shut Down Alas, this is not satire. It’s the current predicament facing the Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia, just outside of
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How Does Impeachment Work?0
- Politics
- September 25, 2019
It finally happened. The House of Representatives is “launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump.” The grounds for impeachment? President Trump’s alleged talks with Ukrainian officials regarding an investigation into Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings in the Ukraine. At present, Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only presidents to be impeached in U.S. history. Although
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Why the United Auto Workers GM Strike Is Headed for Failure 0
- Economics
- September 25, 2019
The United Auto Workers union has a long history of successful strikes against General Motors. The most famous example is the 1936 to 1937 Flint strike that resulted in higher wages and the union being recognized for the first time as the sole collective bargaining representative of workers by GM. For the next 15 years,
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