Category: POLITICS

POLITICS

Turkey’s Erdoğan, Increasingly Authoritarian

On April 7th, 2017 Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pronounced “Erdowan”) was given broad constitutionally assured powers in a tight 51-49 vote on a contentious […]

The votes for Turkey’s referendum were clearly split along urban/rural lines. According to the Turkish Government’s Turkish Statistical Institute, the provinces of Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir, which all had majority “No” votes, made up about 45% of Turkey’s GDP 2014. photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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Emmanuel Macron Wins French Election

  • Post Author By Maya Rich
  • Post Date May 19, 2017

On May 7th, 2017, France voted in its newest president, centrist and pioneer of the “En Marche!” movement, Emmanuel Macron. Macron beat out nationalist Marine […]

Emmanuel Macron was elected the new president of France on May 7th, 2017
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Refugees Flee U.S. For Canada

  • Post Author By JD Le Roy
  • Post Date April 25, 2017

The stark contrast in U.S.-Canadian immigration policy and American priorities avowed by President Trump has lead to a surge of refugees crossing from the U.S. […]

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Major Retailers Drop Donald and Ivanka Trump Brands

Much of the buildup of the resistance to Trump can be traced back to the #GrabYourWallet campaign. The campaign began on October 11, 2016 in […]

Neiman Marcus is one of the companies that does not support the Trump Brand photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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Trump’s Direction for Israel Remains Unclear

On February 14, 2017, Valentine’s Day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Trump in Washington D.C, but not to exchange gifts and chocolate. […]

Turx posed with an identification card and Trump giving a speech.
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Why Trudeau Supports the Keystone Pipeline

To understand Justin Trudeau, Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister, one must understand Canada’s own plights under his father, Pierre Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau accomplished a lot as […]

Since 2010 nearly nine million gallons of oil have spilled from the 73,000 mile network of pipelines transporting crude oil in the US. Besides only providing temporary benefits in employment, Keystone has become a figurehead for negligence on the part of oil companies and their political allies photo courtesy of Rblood: Flickr
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Trump’s Appointees Biographized

  • Post Author By Jill Reilly
  • Post Date February 27, 2017

Rience Priebus, Chief of Staff: President Donald Trump has designated Reinhold (Rience) Priebus as the White House Chief of Staff. Priebus, the former chairman of […]