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In early October, Ecuador’s capital, Quito, saw several protestors take to the streets after President Lenin Moreno ended a fuel subsidy for the country’s oil production. Back in March, the government of Ecuador met with the International Monetary Fund to create a $4.2 billion financing agreement which included cutting the four-decade long fuel subsidy.
Last week Turkey launched a large scale military assault against a Syrian militia largely comprised of Kurdish fighters. The attack comes only days after President Donald Trump announced the retreat of U.S. troops from northeast Syria, where U.S. backed-Kurdish forces were instrumental in the defeat of the Islamic State and the further containment of IS fighters. Some call the retreat and subsequent indifference to Turkey’s attack from the largely Kurdish region an outright betrayal of the Kurds.
n 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt-a controversial argument from Texas that focused on diminishing existing abortion access. After a lengthy deliberation, the Court voted 5-3 to maintain abortion access by striking down restrictive laws the Texas legislature attempted to enforce.
It is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which is why one of the greatest ironies of the 2020 presidential race thus far has been Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) wholesale embrace of President Donald Trump’s economic nationalism.
On Tuesday, October 1st, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard University in one of the most high-profile cases on affirmative action in recent years. Her decision put a halt to a legal battle that started in 2014. The leader of the advocacy group “Students for Fair Admissions” (SFFA) Edward Blum sued Harvard on the grounds that the university discriminated against Asian-American applicants in the admissions process.
Bill Weld at a Johnson-Weld Rally in 2016, photo courtesy of Vanity Fair As the impeachment process drags on, many are looking with increasing anxiety towards…
In their respective campaigns to beat President Donald Trump in the next election cycle, Democratic candidates have proposed disruptive legislative ideas as part of their campaign slogans addressing America’s out of control student-debt ($1.5 trillion), largest outstanding consumer debt other than mortgages.
There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the market power of Big Tech companies and what can be done about it
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.) has been combatting an outbreak of the Ebola virus since August 2018.
Amber Guyger shot an unarmed 28-year-old black man, Botham Jean, on September 6th, 2018. What followed was outrage, confusion, and anguish. At the time, Guyger was a police officer with a track record of inappropriate and offensive text messages and online posts.
