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US-Iran Talks: Nuclear Flirting

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, few countries have challenged Iran’s ‘international villain’ status. The United States is the loudest champion of this animosity and mutually demonizing rhetoric. The word ‘...

by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui

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Bigger is not always better

When President Barak Obama addressed US armed forces at Baghram AFB on May 2, he spoke to the Strategic Partnership Agreement that had just been signed. Regarding the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, Obama stated that ...

by Andrew Sklover

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F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go, And How Is It Spent?

Questions about the United States’ aid to Egypt have intensified in the wake of last month’s military coup. More than 1,000 Egyptians have been killed in the last week, most apparently supporters of ousted president Mohamed...

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WATCH: Reclaiming the Internet to Bring You… #SOCKTOBER!

We’ve all watched Kid President’s infamous pep talk. If you haven’t, it definitely is a much watch. This is an incredibly smart 10-year-old who came out with one of the most inspiring videos of our time, whic...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Dissolving gender stereotypes for children’s clothing

In an article for Fashion Studio Magazine, I previously discussed how fashion is starting to become cross-gender among adult clothing, looking at how the race to keep up with the trend of “unconventional beauty” was giv...

by Monica Lowry

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Did Torture Cost American Lives?

“The enemy is the enemy, until he becomes my prisoner,” I remember Lieutenant General Hal Moore saying, “then he is my responsibility”. Moore was with co-author Joe Galloway at Fort Hood, Texas, in 1993. They were talki...

by Christopher Kolenda

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The Other Dream

August 28th marked 50 years since Dr Martin Luther King, jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and explained his dream; an America in which his children would not face the same barriers he did due to the colour of thei...

by Victoria Briggs

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WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

Glenn Ford spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit; on Tuesday 11th he was exonerated, thus becoming one of the longest serving death row inmates to be freed in the United States. The news comes as a shoc...

by Tímea Fazekas

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US-Iran Talks: Nuclear Flirting

Bigger is not always better

F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go, And How Is It Spent?

WATCH: Reclaiming the Internet to Bring You… #SOCKTOBER!

Dissolving gender stereotypes for children’s clothing

Did Torture Cost American Lives?

The Other Dream

WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

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