On Saturday, Apr. 20, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an estimated 800 people died when their ship, which was headed for the…
Read MoreCalifornia’s “megadrought” is costing the state billions
Governor Jerry Brown of California issued mandatory water restrictions in an executive order Apr. 1, 2015. The record-low snowfalls in winter 2015 have caused the…
Read MoreHeadlines: Presidential pardons
Since President Obama took office in 2008, he has received requests for 1,888 pardons and 16,523 commutations. Of these thousands of requests, Obama has awarded…
Read MoreHeadlines: Free community college
On Jan. 8, President Obama proposed a plan that would make the first two years of community college free to all those willing to meet…
Read MoreU.S. and Iran find common ground in nuclear framework
Senior diplomats from the Unites States and Iran met in Switzerland to finalize the framework of a nuclear deal. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty) The nuclear deal with…
Read MoreHeadlines: To Infinity and Beyond
As cuts to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continue to pile up, foreign powers such as Russia, India and Japan are making their…
Read MoreHeadlines: Ukraine
In a recent Russian documentary, “Crimea: Path to the Homeland,” President Putin discloses details of his role in the swift annexation of Crimea. Protests erupted…
Read MoreJustice department report identifies constitutional violations in Ferguson Police Department
On Wednesday, Mar. 4, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their ruling of the two civil rights investigations regarding Ferguson. Their findings concluded that the Ferguson Police…
Read MoreInternational community aims to end female genital cutting
There are 125 million woman living with FGC, and every year an estimated 3 million more girls are at high risk of experiencing the procedure.…
Read More