Noor Naji

Julian Assange’s indictment last Thursday by the Trump administration goes well beyond “hacking” and having “manners and means of conspiracy.” It sets all journalists at risk when uncovering critical governmental information that must be available to the public. Assange being extradited to the U.S. from the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain — regardless of the character of the man himself — must be vehemently opposed as it places global freedom of the press at stake.

On March 15, 50 people were killed in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayers. The terrorist attack was premeditated for three months, according to the 74-page manifesto posted by the alleged attacker. While many around the world were horrified, and rightfully so, it certainly was not shocking. (Nicole Goss / The Poly Post) Anyone paying attention to the news in the past 15 years shouldn’t have been shocked.

Earlier last month, congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D–Minneapolis, was asked to resign by President Donald Trump for sending anti-Israel tweets. And once again last week, Omar was under scrutiny for the same issue at a discussion in a Washington D.C., bookstore. (Nicole Goss / The Poly Post) Before jumping on the bandwagon and labeling Omar as an anti-Semite, it’s important to take a step back and decipher these events and what was really said.