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Hindus torment a Muslim man during the riots on Monday, Feb 24, 2020. Photo courtesy of Reuters (via The New York Times). Months of religious tension…
Pictured: An Iowa Caucus chairman flips a coin to break a delegate tie. Photo courtesy of CNN. On February 3rd, 2020, thousands of Democratic Party members…
Photo courtesy of Ashraf Shazly, Getty Images. On February 11, Mohamed al-Hassan al-Taayeshi, a member of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, announced that Sudan was considering the…
Pictured: Hose with water flowing into barrels in Ghana. Photo courtesy of climatelinks.org Ghana is a beautiful, rapidly developing country in West Africa, but its rapid…
Courtesy of TradiMo. “I don’t think [economic] expansions just die of old age,” said Janet Yellen, which was followed by Ben Bernanke saying, “I like to…
Photo courtesy of Flickr “Are you trying to say I’m dumb? Are you mocking me here, Pete?” This was Senator Amy Klobuchar’s retort to former Mayor…
Pictured: NYU Professor Amin Husain at a pro-Palestine rally. Photo courtesy of the NY Post On Tuesday, February 18th, Kristen Gourrier, the President of NYU College…
Journalists protesting in Kashmir on Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock (via The New York Times). “The judiciary has played a great role in…
Photo courtesy of Skynews Singapore, in both its close geographical ties and political ties to China, is in an especially precarious position when it comes…
Photo courtesy of The New Yorker. With New Hampshire now behind us, the Democratic primary field seems to have narrowed down significantly. Septuagenarians Elizabeth Warren and…