Issues
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Burkina Faso: A Troubled History and Looming Elections
In a country plagued with coups, will are successful elections possible?
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GoFundAi: Crowdfunding and Ai Weiwei’s Battle with Lego
A big corporation vs. a well known political artist.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Why is the IP Rights Chapter Receiving So Much Criticism?
Why are people concerned with the TPP's Intellectual Property chapter?
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Seeds of Hope: Inside the Doomsday Seed Vault
Why is a vault in Norway storing the world's seeds?
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Campaign Music and Fair Use: What are the Rules?
When can a campaign use a song?
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Still Not Good Enough: Sexual Assault in the Marine Corps
It's a big problem with no easy solution.
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Why is Russia Getting Involved in the Middle East?
Russia expands its influence
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The Paris Climate Change Conference: What Should We Expect?
Is there hope to solve climate change?
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Uruguay’s Green Energy Policy: The World’s Best Kept Secret?
Why don't we talk about Uruguay's green energy policy?
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Sexism in Science: Bias Beyond the Lab
A look at bias in clinical trials.
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The Iran Nuclear Deal: America Remains Divided
The arguments for and against the Iran nuclear deal.
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Secession in Spain: The Fight for an Independent Catalonia
What's next for Catalonia?
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Gentrification: What is it Doing to Our Urban Centers?
What's going on in our cities?
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Defining Japan’s Place in the World
With a stagnant economy, Japan loosens limits on its military.
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What’s in Your Food?: A Look at Regulating the Food Industry
A look at the food industry's newest regulations.
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The Taliban Captures Kunduz: Should the U.S. Still Leave Afghanistan as Planned?
What's next in the war torn nation?
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South Sudan’s Continuing Pattern of Reneged Peace Deals
A region that has been plagued with violence for decades.
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Rape Kits: New Funding to Bring Victims Justice
An $80 million grant will help clear rape kit backlogs
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America’s Role in Solving the Migrant Crisis
What can the United States do?
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The Migrant Crisis Continues: What’s Going on in Europe?
What is going on in Europe and will the EU be able to solve it?
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Do Child Farm Workers Have Enough Protections?
Child labor happens in the United States, and it's legal
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Attacks, Insurgency, and a Military Takeover in Modern Day Thailand
What's going on in Thailand?
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Seventy-Seven Cents: The Statistics on Wage Discrimination
What is behind the gap?
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The Women in Combat Debate Continued: Should Every Door be Opened?
Two women just graduated from Ranger training. Now what?
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Riding the Wave: The Tumultuous Global Stock Market
What's going on with the global stock market?
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LGBTQ College Students: Legal Hurdles and Rights
What issues do LGBTQ college students face, and how can we combat them?
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The South and East China Seas: Conflict Continues
Why is the U.S. even involved?
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Making Reality Virtual: The Rising Tide of Virtual Reality
What's going on with virtual reality?
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Lions and Tigers and Bears: Inside the Exotic Animal Trade
Learn about the exotic animal trade--from hunting to breeding and trafficking.
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A Crack in the Great Wall: Chinese Stock Market Takes a Tumble
How will it affect China and the world economy?
