By David Cook Martín, Professor of Sociology and Assistant Vice President of Global Education, Grinnell College. Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later.” The Economist reports that 40 countries have built fences since the fall
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International, USAPHILADELPHIA — Chaka Fattah’s new residence on the edge of the Allegheny National Forest doesn’t quite have the charm of the Poconos vacation home he bought in 2012 with help from a $18,000 bribe. But on Wednesday, the man who represented Philadelphia in Congress for the last two decades moved into a federal prison camp
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USAWith a couple strokes of his pen, President Trump wiped out almost all of President Obama’s immigration policies Wednesday, laying the groundwork for his own border wall, unleashing immigration agents to enforce the law and punishing sanctuary cities who try to thwart his deportation surge. Left untouched, for now, is the 2012 deportation amnesty for
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International, USAMIAMI — President Donald Trump has called for a national investigation into voter fraud, including people who registered to vote in two states — despite the fact that his campaign chief registered in both Florida in New York. The voter registration of Stephen Bannon drew a complaint during the campaign from a group that opposed
DETROIT — Detroit police are investigating the shooting death of a father who was executed in front of his son’s school in southwest Detroit Wednesday morning. According to police, the man was shot in the head shortly after his son exited the vehicle and entered Mark Twain Elementary School. The boy did not witness the
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USASenior Trump administration staffers including Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon have active accounts on a Republican National Committee email system, Newsweek has learned. The system (rnchq.org) is the same one the Bush administration was accused of using to evade transparency rules after claiming to have “lost” 22 million emails. Related: The
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USAThe United Nations on Tuesday denounced Israel”s approval of new homes in Judea and Samaria, saying that “unilateral actions” are an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli-born actress Natalie Portman was announced on Tuesday as one of the nominees for this year”s Oscars. Portman was named in the best actress category for her performance in “Jackie”, a biographical drama which follows Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. Portman, who was born
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADespite a long history of strained relations, Israel’s Knesset members from diverse backgrounds came together Tuesday to inaugurate the Jewish-Muslim Ties Caucus. The event was also attended by religious leaders from both faiths. “We are now at a period in which hatred, alienation, stereotypes and prejudice are the dominant voice in our lives,” said Knesset
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Middle East[video:2023680] In a speech he gave to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the European Parliament, European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Dr. Moshe Kantor called on European leaders to show their commitment to fighting hatred against Jews by adopting the definition of anti-Semitism agreed to in May by the Berlin-based International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)
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InternationalFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Trump administration to “push back” against Russia. “I would like to see more criticism and pushback of [Russian president Vladimir] Putin and Putin’s behavior,” says Gates, who met with Donald Trump in early December. “I told the president-elect,” says Gates, “that the administration — when it comes to
According to the Associated Press, President Trump has placed a media freeze on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prohibiting them from sending out press releases, posting on social media, creating new blog posts or posting new content to their website. RELATED: Trump spent the weekend behaving like a fool—he also implemented some pretty great policies
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USAWASHINGTON, January 24, 2017 – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was confirmed to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, winning overwhelming support despite her lack of formal diplomatic experience. Haley won the respect of much of the country for her handling of the 2015 racially motivated shooting at a historic Charleston church.
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International, USAA leftist dissident, Benoît Hamon has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner for the Socialist presidential nomination as the battered and fractured ruling party scrambles to stay alive in the shifting sands of French politics. “What would Benoît Hamon be without the Socialist Party?” pondered President François Hollande in March 2015, during one of his notoriously
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