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Part 1 OF 3 – Cuba: Moving On From The Past
A lot’s happened in the world these last few years. Same sex marriage is now legal in multiple states, Nelson Mandela’s death in 2013, China and the United States reached a landmark agreement about climate change and, most notably, as of […]
Part 3: Obergefell v Hodges – A Brief Background
When speaking with some friends a few weeks back about the upcoming decision made from the Marriage Equality Case from the U.S. Supreme Court, I was reminded of a song from my childhood. Specifically, a song from School House Rock […]
Racist Fraternity Chant Gets Students Expelled At American University
A seemingly harmless fraternity party-event went south this past Saturday at the University of Oklahoma, after a video was released containing an alarming racist chant sang by members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Although the video (shown below) was slightly […]
Historic icons diminished: the Long Road to Nepal’s recovery post-earthquake
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Nepal Saturday morning has claimed the lives of thousands of people, along with the destruction of numerous landmarks that cannot be replaced. Of the remaining eight million survivors, a majority have been displaced and forced […]
Cuba and the United States: a Tense History of Affairs – Will it Ever Relax?
As the United States and Cuba work toward establishing diplomatic relations in 2015, it is important to understand why relations became tense between the two countries to begin with. During the age of the Cold War, the fight against Communism […]
