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November 21, 2014

Explainer: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Grand Juries

By the end of this month, a grand jury is expected to hand down a decision in the case of the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Continue Reading...

November 18, 2014

The FAQs: The Jerusalem Synagogue Attack

What just happened in Jerusalem? Two Palestinian men armed with axes, meat cleavers, and a pistol, entered a synagogue complex in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of West Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and killed four rabbis, one from the UK and three from United States (all had dual-citizenship in Israel). Continue Reading...

November 12, 2014

Explainer: What is Net Neutrality?

On Monday, President Obama came out strongly for the concept of net neutrality, saying that “an open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life.” Continue Reading...

October 13, 2014

Explainer: Who are the Recent Nobel Peace Prize Winners?

Who are the people who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Muslim girl from Pakistan, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Hindu man from India, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for their “struggle against the suppression of children and young people.” Continue Reading...

September 29, 2014

Explainer: What’s Going on with Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’?

What is the protest in Hong Kong? Pro-democracy activists in the city are protesting the Chinese government’s decision ruling out open nominations for the election of Hong Kong’s leader in 2017. Continue Reading...

September 17, 2014

Explainer: What is the Ebola Crisis?

What is the Ebola crisis? Over the past six months, the Ebola virus has been spreading through several countries in Africa. The result is a potential epidemiological, humanitarian, and global security threat. Continue Reading...

September 09, 2014

Explainer: What’s Going on with Scotland?

What’s going on in Scotland? On September 18, voters in Scotland will vote in a referendum whether they want the nation to become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom. Continue Reading...

July 15, 2014

Explainer: What You Should Know About the Border Crisis

What is the “border crisis?” The “border crisis” is the frequently used term for the spike in unaccompanied minors who were caught illegally crossing the border U.S. border over the past few months. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2014

Explainer: What’s Going on in Iraq?

What just happened in Iraq? Conflicts in Syria and Iraq have converged into one widening regional insurgency and Iraq risks a full-scale civil war after an al-Qaeda-linked militant group called ISIS quickly seized a large section of the country’s northern region. Continue Reading...

June 02, 2014

Explainer: What You Should Know About the EPA’s Proposed New Climate Rule

What is this latest news about an EPA rule change? On Monday, June, 2, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule change on “emission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to address greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.” Continue Reading...

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