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Jacob Bojesson The German state of North Rhine Westphalia, where Cologne is located, has struck a deal with the federal government to not accept any refugees from Morocco. Thirty out of 73 people arrested from the attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve are from Morocco. Criminal gangs from North Africa have become a big problem in…
by Micah J. Fleck Now comes the time to truly examine the merits and precedents set by making it once again legal to subcategorize minority groups in the eyes of the law. A new bill has just cleared the Kentucky senate that not only would force gay couples to file a completely different type of…
Andrew Follett South Carolinians head to the polls Saturday to vote on who they think should be president, and each candidates’ views on nuclear power could be a factor for voters. The South Carolina state government is currently preparing to sue the Department of Energy over a program to recycle weapons-grade plutonium into peaceful fuel for nuclear reactors. Nuclear power generates 54…
Jonah Bennet U.S. Central Command analysts have complained in a separate set of allegations to top intelligence official that their superiors manipulated reports to make the Obama administration’s campaign against Islamic State seem more successful than it really is. This complaint to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is distinct from previous reports of over…
By JP Carroll President Rafael Correa of Ecuador will not be running for re-election as the leader of his oil rich OPEC member country which he has ledsince 2007 and is facing economic turmoil due to low global oil prices. The country’s National Electoral Council announced Feb. 19 that elections would be held a year from…
Even Paul Krugman and Mother Jones are sick of Bernie Sanders [dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]arlier this week it was revealed that left-leaning civil rights movements in Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont aren’t “feeling the Bern” by The Daily Beast. At the time, many wrote off these lone civil rights causes as insignificant, given Bernie’s voting demographic in Vermont…
Donald Trump has made his unrecorded opposition to the Iraq War one of the corner stones of his foreign policy. Time and time again, Trump has stated that he is the only candidate on the Republican side that opposed to Iraq War; even going as far to say President Bush and his administration lied to…
JP Carroll The corpses of over 100 people have been found in the drainage system of Nacional Modelo de Bogota, a Colombian prison nicknamed “La Modelo,” which means The Model. The prison, which is home to a variety of different criminals charged with crimes like murder and drug trafficking, is one of the most notorious jails…
Pope Francis made an indirect but biting criticism at Donald Trump Thursday, suggesting that those who build walls “aren’t Christian.” Ironically, the pope’s home of Vatican City is surrounded by enormous medieval walls. “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian,” Francis told reporters while flying…
Juliegrace Brufke In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, President Barack Obama said he plans on nominating a successor despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vow not to fill the seat until the election is over. While Democrats in the upper chamber – including Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Russ…