Thousands of Tunisians, mostly young people, have taken to the streets in protest of worsening health and social conditions, as well as political repression, under the pandemic. This January is the tenth anniversary of protests in 2011 that forced out Tunisia’s...
Baseball legend Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron passed away on January 22, 2021. Aaron was a baseball legend who held the record for the most home runs in Major League history (755) until that record was later broken by Barry Bonds. While many associate Aaron with the...
Since 2014, when it suddenly became clear to residents of Flint, Michigan, that their water was contaminated, they have demanded that someone pay the price. Now, more than six years later, Michigan state prosecutors have charged former Governor Rick Snyder,...
Israel has been praised in the world press for its speedy vaccination program in response to COVID-19. Since vaccinations in Israel began on December 19, 2020, 14 percent of Israeli citizens have received vaccinations. This has successfully decreased the spread of...
In the wake of the attack on the Capitol, Joe Biden and others are calling for a new law to prevent “domestic terrorism,” presumably by increasing surveillance and making harsher penalties for certain actions that the government defines as “terrorism.” While the...
