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House Democrats Won’t (Yet?) Call Full Vote on Impeachment In yet another impeachment-related development, Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she would not hold a full House vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. According to Pelosi, there is no need for a vote because, quite simply, the […]
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Turkey Invades Syria Last week, Turkish forces invaded northern Syria, causing many civilians to flee an area that has already been war-torn for several years. Turkey is attacking a Kurdish-led militia called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Why? Because Turkey claims that the SDF has ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is a […]
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Fourth Debate Shapes Up It’s October, and you know what that means? It’s almost time for the fourth round of Democratic debates. In this round, twelve candidates have qualified. Rather than split the event into two nights, all of the candidates will take the stage at the same time. Up until now, the limit on […]
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Parliament: Back in Session Last month, Election Central brought you the latest update in the Brexit saga (Brexit is the nickname assigned to Britain’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union). At that point, Boris Johnson, Britain’s new conservative prime minister, had convinced Queen Elizabeth II to prorogue Parliament. That meant that Parliament would be […]
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Solving the Poverty Problem If you had to take a guess, how long would you say it would take to end world poverty? A hundred years? A thousand? Actually, the unofficial global “deadline” to end world poverty has been set at 2030. And it looks like we’re not going to make it. In 2015, a […]
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A Dangerous Fad Vaping: it might seem like everyone is doing it, and that’s because a shocking number of people are. In fact, studies show that about one-fourth of all high school kids vape. And that’s a big problem because although e-cigarettes were originally marketed as potentially safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes, they are now […]
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Plant a Tree, Save a Life? We all know that trees are important, right? They remove carbon dioxide from the air, provide us with oxygen to breathe, and give us shade on hot summer days. Studies show that trees also provide us with health benefits by lowering our rates of stress and heart disease. But […]
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Sick Migrants Face Deportation In its latest blow to the immigrant community, the Trump administration revealed last week that immigrants with serious medical conditions will no longer be allowed to extend their stay in the United States to receive treatment, and will face immediate deportation. There was no official announcement to the public about this […]
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A Plan for Peace and Safety After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day in 2018, students across the United States came together to protest gun violence. On March 24, 2018, the group marched on Washington, D.C., with over 880 sister marches taking place at the same […]
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Responding to Tragedy Last week, btw brought you the story of dual mass shootings that occurred within less than a day of each other in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and left at least 31 people dead. Gun safety advocates had hoped that the twin tragedies would spark renewed interest in gun safety legislation, […]