Lilla Adams

With anti-government protests currently sweeping parts of Latin America, Lula's incendiary tactics could openly clash with the militaristic disposition of Bolsonaro, who requested authority from Congress in late November to stop potential…
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Although Warren and Zuckerberg differ in their stances on protected speech, both coalesce around the same goal of safeguarding elections in the United States. While Warren is right to signal continued concern regarding fake news on Facebook…
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With only the first glimpses of a quantifiable decline in the N.R.A.'s influence during the 2018 mid-term elections, only time will tell if this is the beginning of the end of the N.R.A.’s reign as top dog in American elections. But with a…
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The fallout within city police departments involved in shootings that garnered widespread public outrage – such as those of Laquan McDonald in Chicago and Freddie Gray in Baltimore – highlights much larger issues of the police culture…
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#WhyIDidntReport perfectly highlights this frustrating inaction plaguing hashtag movements: a hashtag exposing the inaction of survivors due to structures of power serves to expose the inaction of the perpetuators of those structures of…
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When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy abruptly announced his retirement on June 27th, all of Washington seemed to leap into action. Moments after receiving the news, President Trump announced that the process to fill the vacancy…
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When the historic Singapore summit on June 12th brought together North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump at a much-anticipated negotiating table, the eyes of the world didn’t know quite what to expect. For two leaders…
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In her recent article for New York Times Magazine, writer Linda Villarosa details many disturbing revelations about the shockingly high birth mortality rate of black mothers and their babies in the United States. Compiling decades of…
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In March, journalists from UK newspapers The Guardian and The Observer released an in-depth news story about an obscure data-analytics firm called Cambridge Analytica. In an enormous information leak, Cambridge Analytica harvested the…
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Facing recent charges of spreading “fake news” and facilitating foreign interference, Facebook may be compelled to re-market. While not charging the site explicitly, a recent indictment from the Mueller investigation comes as the first…
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Named as the case that could transform privacy law in the digital era, the 2018 Supreme Court case Carpenter v. United States promises to bring the law into the 20th century by directly addressing the use of private location services by law…
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Tensions among key candidates are quickly rising in Russia as the March presidential election date draws closer. On Christmas Day, the Central Election Commission officially barred opposition leader Alexei A. Navalny from running in the…
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On Thursday October 26th, the United States National Archives released thousands of pertaining to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. These were set to be released a quarter of a century after they were formally sealed in…
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The eyes of Sunday football-goers have been on more than just the game since the start of this NFL season. Widespread national anthem protests by players in response to racial injustices in the United States have sparked controversy across…
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