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Assange arrest puts journalists at risk
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.
No surprise: Muslims have long been targets
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.
Omar tweets highlight Israel question
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.
Decline in readers a worrying trend
It’s amazing how our brains interpret little figures and symbols inked onto sheets of tree, connecting us to worlds and times unknown and mysterious. With each turn of a page, it is as if the author is reaching out to hold a hand. But it seems that no one is willing to reach out to hold back. Literary readership across the U.S. has been on a steady decline for the past few decades.
Standoff a reminder of past injustices
The viral video of a Catholic teen and a Native American activist has been watched by millions since the incident took place two weeks ago. By now, you’ve most likely seen it too. Just outside the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King, Jr. declared discrimination for none and equality for all, racial tensions were especially high.
The cost of English globalization
It was Theodore Roosevelt who proclaimed that “We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.” He could not have been more wrong. In the global context, it is English that poses a danger to other languages, and not vice versa. Thanks to the English language, the curse of Babel is no longer a threat, as the world becomes unified under a common tongue, but the implications are disastrous.
World ignores war and crisis in Yemen
Bags of bones as bodies, desperate gasps for breath and an eerie silence. This is how journalists describe children in the very few hospitals in Yemen. In what many have mistaken for a civil war, during the past three years Yemen has become a battleground for Saudi Arabia and Iran’s proxy war, witnessing one of the worst humanitarian crimes in modern times.
World leaders should take stronger stance against Saudi Arabia
On Oct. 2, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey in hopes of fixing paperwork to prove he had the legal right to marry his Turkish fiancée. It was at the doors of the consulate that he was last seen alive. His disappearance has shaken the world as the United States and other world leaders scrambled to find their responses — or lack thereof — and memorized their lines to engage in this global, political show.
Supreme Court hearing reveals sharp divides
On Oct. 5, women across the United States waited to see whether a man would be appointed as a judge to the highest court despite accusations of sexual assault. They all watched Capitol Hill repeat history once more: 27 years ago, it was Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Dr. Anita Hill; today it is Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Outside the hearing on Sept. 28, protesters wearing “I believe Dr. Ford” pins and “Women for Kavanaugh” T-shirts stood in close proximity.
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