This December, Russia issued several security demands to American diplomats, calling on NATO to halt its eastward expansion of alliances, to remove troops from former Soviet territories, and end Western...
By this point, the recent spike in inflation comes as no surprise to the average American. The past several months have brought with them increases in the prices of groceries, automobiles, and especially...
When I asked to use his photo for this article, Kabul-based photographer Omer Khan politely agreed. He then told me the story of how he and his family fled Afghanistan and is now based in a refugee camp...
COVID-19 vaccinations offered a glimmer of hope in ending the pandemic when introduced in Dec. 2020. However, this sparked a new debate over issues such as the political attachment to vaccines, freedom of choice, and precautions for public safety.
In recent months, the political limelight has been placed directly on movie star Matthew McConaughey. The former Dazed and Confused and Dallas Buyers Club star is rumored to be running for the Texas gubernatorial...
According to prominent migrant advocate Irineo Mujica, a Haitian caravan will depart for the U.S. border from Southern Mexico around October 25th whether the migrants have their travel papers or not. Mujica...
For most Democrats on Capitol Hill, mention of Senators Manchin or Sinema conjures a single, jarring image— a human roadblock. And that’s no exaggeration. The two Democratic senators,—representing...
As lawmakers continue to push President Biden’s infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion social spending plan through Congress, many details of Biden’s agenda remain up in the air. While the $3.5 trillion...
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Four years ago, VPR writer Sahil Soni wrote about the US’ complicity in the Yemen genocide, a disaster which he--echoing an earlier statement by the...
Across contextual narratives, few are as compelling as the comeback story. From Team USA’s 1980 “Miracle on Ice” over the Soviet Union to Steve Jobs’s return to the Apple board in 1977, stories...
In Biden’s first speech after winning the presidential election, he identified making “America respected around the world again” among his top priorities. Part of this entails increasing the global...
Prior to taking office, then President-Elect Joseph R. Biden announced his plan to administer 100 million COVID-19 vaccination doses into the arms of Americans within his first 100 days in office. This...
