Earlier this week, the Army Corps of Engineers announced that it would not grant Energy Transfer Partners the final easement needed to complete construction of the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline...
On Monday, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an 18-year-old student of Somali descent, carried out an attack on the Ohio State University campus. Following the event, 11 individuals were hospitalized with one in...
Against the backdrop of a polarized election rife with xenophobic rhetoric, many Americans feel unsafe in their own homes. Undocumented immigrants are among those feeling vulnerable under President-elect...
Immediately following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, world leaders were quick to respond with messages of support, whether strong or skeptical.
Where the U.S. is typically seen...
Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, claims to be writing a bill by the name “Suck it up, buttercup,” which he plans to present to state Legislature in January.
The bill would address the amount of state...
It has happened: Former reality TV star and billionaire business mogul Donald Trump has secured the Office of the President of the United States. Rhetoric and ideology rooted in fear and hate has proven...
Like a quarter which has impossibly landed on its rim, the election has turned to teeter between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. North Carolina and Florida were early red flags seen in a historical election...
The Supreme Court is set to hear a potentially landmark case in the battle for LGBTQ rights. This is the second major case the Supreme Court has heard with regards to the LGBTQ community in the past two...
For police accountability to be a tangible goal, earnest transparency is an absolute necessity. To invest faith in any institution to hold itself accountable through undisclosed methods is simply naïve....
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ast week, the White House issued a report requesting safer natural-gas storage for the 400 and more wells across the United States.
According to NPR, this report comes following the leak in Porter...
Waterloo is not exactly known as a booming cultural center. If you find yourself in the prairie town, the buzz of burner beneath America’s age-old metaphorical melting pot is far from audible, perhaps...
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eegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, in a skit, satirized the idea that “Black Republicans are not a monolith.” Christopher Peters, the Republican candidate in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District,...
