Author: Melissa Byrnes
You've probably already seen the news that Time's Person of the Year for 2017 is the collective of "Silence-Breakers" who have bravely stepped forward to accuse their harassers and abusers..
Firemen and people face off with Spanish Civil Guard officers outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Sant Julia de Ramis, Spain October.
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To echo Erik from yesterday, "There’s never good news when we are talking Texas politics." Texas governor Gregg Abbott has published an alarmist opinion piece about redistricting, which, as.
Just after midnight, London time, yet another attacker drove a van into a crowd of people, killing one and seriously injuring nine more. All of the victims were Muslims.
In yet another clear signal about the consequences of embracing strongmen: violence erupted at the Turkish embassy in DC yesterday, just after Turkish President Erdogan enjoyed his cozy White House.

So, clearly, I need to drop in soon with an update on this weekend's French election. But, in the meantime, it turns out that France isn't the only place.
It’s a good week for anti-Semitism in Europe. Monday morning, the Hungarian President signed a law that essentially bans Central European University from operating (as part of the ruling party’s.