Supreme Court Hears Cases Regarding Same-Sex Marriage
Last month the Supreme Court heard two separate cases concerning same-sex marriage. The first was a challenge to Proposition 8, the state of California’s ban […]
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New Premier of China On March 15, Li Keqiang became China’s new premier. Like in England, the premier acts as the head of the government, […]
Clock on Sequester Runs Out
If you were watching the news at the end of last year, you probably heard the term “fiscal cliff” quite a bit. In a nutshell, […]
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Ongoing Debate on Gun Control In the wake of last December’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama moved gun control to the top of his […]
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Aid for Hurricane Sandy Victims In the days following Hurricane Sandy, efforts began to rebuild areas that had been hit the hardest, mostly New Jersey. […]
The Government Swerves to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff
Like viewers of an action movie, some Americans have been at the edge of their seat, anxiously wondering if the nation’s economy would plunge over […]