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On Oct. 29, Rede Globo reports that Jair Bolsonaro won the contentious Brazilian presidential election with about 56% of the vote, ushering in a rightward shift in Brazilian politics. Bolsonaro, a member of the PSL (Social Liberal Party), beat Fernando Haddad of the PT (Workers Party) on a platform of Read More
On Oct. 12, the first of what is now called “the migrant caravan” left Honduras, seeking asylum in Mexico or the United States. Most of the 6,000 people in the caravan, a majority of whom are women and children, have applied for asylum in Mexico; however, that has not deterred Read More
On Oct. 2, journalist Jamal Khashoggi went into a Saudi Consulate in Turkey and didn’t leave. Originally, the Saudi government stated that it didn’t know what happened to Khashoggi; later, they admitted that he died in the consulate after a fistfight, and now the Saudi State Prosecutor is claiming that Read More
On Oct. 6 the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in a 50-48 vote, according to CNN. This vote came in the wake of several allegations against Kavanaugh of sexual assault. According to Slate, Christine Blasey Ford stated during a Senate hearing that Kavanaugh isolated her at a Read More
The Chinese government is currently operating prison camps holding almost millions of Muslims. Over half of the population of Xinjiang, a province in Northwest China, is made up of the Muslim population and the majority of Muslims in this region are ethnic Uighurs according to The New York Times (NYT). Read More
Racism and segregation are a reality for Israelis who are not fair skinned Jews. Haaretz reported that on Aug. 27, at the Kiryat Haim beach, a group of young men walked up to three Israeli-Arab people and asked if they were Arab. When the group answered yes, the young men Read More
On Sept. 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico and on Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria made landfall; now after more than a year, Puerto Rico’s future still looks bleak. According to CNN, in the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes the official death toll was 64. The governor of Puerto Rico, Read More