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On March 12, 2021, Congress administered the second round of stimulus checks. With many Americans currently jobless and financially insecure, these checks were much needed. Congress decided on the amount $1400. All around, citizens are bowing on their knees at the country’s brave and generous leaders.  “With fourteen hundred dollars, …

On Jan. 4, a worrying precedent was set in the U.S. Senate. The 1.9 trillion stimulus package, proposed by President Joe Biden, was voted precisely 50/50 by the Senate on party lines, leaving the final decision up to Vice President Kamara Harris. Harris voted for the package, but the deep …

Co-written by Colin O’Malley  UPDATE (1/7): This article has been adjusted to signify that four people were killed in the riot on January 6th and that the woman shot and killed was from San Diego Early Wednesday afternoon, millions of Americans were stunned as a rally for President Donald Trump …

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has recently testified in front of the Senate, due to the announcement of a new, possibly  illicit, policy, that could potentially affect the results of the 2020 presidential election and the Brexit campaign.  Facebook announced it would refrain from fact-checking political speech on the site, which includes …

“Our house is on fire,” reads the front page of a website that calls for an international statement to be made in the name of climate justice. A long running revolution was brought to the forefront of youth advocacy when sixteen year old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg spoke before a …

Surprise, surprise! The first female Muslim-American black immigrant in Congress has the country on their toes and the GOP is not happy about it. If you thought Obama was a tough pill for the elephant in office to swallow, welcome to the hour of Rep. Ilhan Omar. In light of …

On Thursday, Dec. 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality in a 3-2 vote. Net neutrality prevents internet service providers from slowing down, speeding up, or blocking sites or applications. Net neutrality has always been somewhat in place; it was something of a set of unspoken …