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Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein went viral on Twitter on Friday Feb. 22 because she was visited by a group of teenage and preteen students who…
This past month, Apple and the FBI have been at odds over the cell phone of one individual, Syed Rizwan Farook, better known as the…
Last week, North Carolina passed a new law that openly discriminates against the LGBT community. Titled “The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act,” people using…
Republicans are in between a rock and a hard place. Last week, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump took five out of six primaries, ultimately dominating the…
Everybody can agree that the situation in Flint, Michigan is a disaster. But it’s a disgrace to see what lengths politicians will go to inhibit…
Last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away on a visit to Texas at the age of 79. In his passing, politicians have sparked…
This past week, Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agreed to four additional debates in the coming months. These debates double the amount of…
This past week, the residents of Iowa voted for their top choice as the Democratic and Republican nominee for the President of the United States. However,…
Hillary Clinton has been fearing this day since she launched her campaign. New Democratic Presidential Nomination Polls in Iowa have Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in…
Two weeks ago, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals made a mistake in ruling against President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform, one of the…
Last week, House and Senate majority and minority leaders worked together to create a much needed two year budget deal. The deal raised the debt…
It is fair to say that the goals of UMBC students are to graduate with a college degree, and to receive a well-paying job after…
This past week, a student entered Umpqua Community College in Oregon and killed ten students. Like many other shooters before him, he struggled with mental health…
Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted air strikes in Syria last week. Originally he had claimed that the air strikes only targeted Islamic State areas, but…