Day: June 26, 2017

The UK Responds To London Terrorist Attack Near Mosque

British authorities told reporters on Monday, June 19th, 2017, that they were treating that morning’s attack near a mosque in Finsbury Park, London as an act of terror against Muslims. Shortly after midnight on Monday morning, a white van drove into a group of pedestrians outside of a Muslim welfare

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LGBTQ Rights Are Defended By California

California, the westernmost state in the United States, has instituted a ban on state-sponsored and funded travel to eight states for laws they view as discriminatory to the LGBTQ community. California was among the first states in the country to allow gay marriage in the United States. It first became

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Russian Corruption And Opposition

Democracy’s tenuous foothold in Russia slipped further as opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was “formally barred” from running for election in the Russian Federation’s 2018 elections, the BBC reports. While this comes without surprise, as Navalny was convicted of embezzlement in a retrial in early February of 2017, the court’s decision was

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