Yes, it’s true after 50 years, the U.S. embargo has not done much to reform Cuba. And after over 20 years, it’s about time we free ourselves from the Cold War mentality that put it in place.
College Factual has recently placed Brandeis University in the top-10 list of colleges for both Economics and Sociology degrees.
Following the assassinations of two New York City Police Department officers on Dec. 20, Khadijah Lynch ’16 tweeted “i have no sympathy for the nypd officers who were murdered today.” Daniel Mael ’15, a writer for the news website Truth Revolt, reposted Lynch’s tweets in an article.
Last Friday, congressional Republicans doubled down on their criticism of the Obama administration’s unwillingness to support the Keystone XL Pipeline project following the Nebraska Supreme Court’s clearance. Republican leaders have stated that gaining approval for the pipeline—which would stretch from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska (en route to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico)—is one of their main goals for the final two years of Obama’s term. However, the expected impact of the pipeline on our country is underwhelming considering the extent to which the proposal has been hyped by Republicans.
On Dec. 17, President Barack Obama announced that after 53 years, the United States will resume diplomatic relations with Cuba and reopen its embassy in Havana.
Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York were, for a time, just two locations in America without much significance.
When the founders of these great United States set out to establish the country as a democratic republic, one particular issue was forecasted as a major obstacle to the success of the country: faction, or in modern terms, interest groups.
In recent weeks, Brandeis students have raised their voices along with countless others across the country in protest of the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the subsequent lack of grand jury indictment for each of their killers, who were both police officers.
On Aug. 9, in Feguson, Mo., 19-year-old Michael Brown was shot. At 11:54 a.m., he allegedly stole a few cigarillos from a liquor store, and walked a few blocks away with his friend Dorian Johnson until he was stopped by police officer Darren Wilson.
In the wake of the violent deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, as well as the decisions of two independent grand juries to indict neither Officer Darren Wilson nor Daniel Pantaleo, the country has begun a long overdue conversation about the relationship between police and black Americans. People across the country have taken to the streets in protest, as well as to Twitter and Facebook with the common hashtag, #alllivesmatter.
On Nov. 24, a grand jury chose not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, sparking a new wave of protest nationwide.
It was Dec. 5, 2013; as I sat down to read the news, I was struck with immediate pain, in utter shock at what I read.
Last Thursday, Brandeis Students Against Sexual Violence released a progress report, grading the University on 11 aspects of its response to recent activism and conversation about sexual assault on campus.
On Nov. 7, Brandeis’ International Business School announced that it received a $2.5 million dollar donation from Henry Hassenfeld?the great-grandson of one of the University’s founding donors, Alan Hassenfeld?and followed up this week with an announcement about how it plans to use the gift.
On Tuesday morning, two Palestinian men stormed an Orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem with guns and meat cleavers, killing three rabbis and one scholar, including three Americans and one man from the United Kingdom.
This past week Jon Stewart appeared on one of the final episodes of his former writer and good friend Stephen Colbert’s show The Colbert Report.
Twenty-five years ago this month, a largely student-run movement overthrew Czechoslovakia’s repressive Communist government and established a functioning, multi-party democracy.
“I salute Odai and Ghassan for this heroic act. Every Palestinian should strike ? Al Aqsa is in danger.
The First Amendment to the Constitution is rightfully viewed as having a profound influence in shaping modern America.
I was sitting in a class on Monday, listening to a professor give a deeply involved lecture on a complex topic and absorbing absolutely none of it.
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University receives a D- on campus free speech report card
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