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Christian Poindexter

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‘Mexico City Rule’ threatens health funding globally

  • Christian Poindexter
  • February 13, 2017

President Donald Trump issued a memorandum reinstating the so-called “Mexico City Rule” on Jan. 23. The memorandum cuts U.S. funding to agencies that offer abortion counseling to their patients globally….

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    • International
    • News

Architecture thesis students explore the idea of a Mexico-US border wall

  • Christian Poindexter
  • February 6, 2017

Portland State architecture students Alex Ruiz, Genevieve Wasser and Janna Ferguson recently took two weeks to drive the length of the Mexico–U.S. border in order to assess the proposed border…

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    • Love & Sex Guide 2017
    • News

Get prepped for PrEP

  • Christian Poindexter
  • February 3, 2017

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) as follows: “[When] people at very high risk for HIV take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of…

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    • International

Boko Haram hangs on: extremist group continues campaign in Nigeria

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 30, 2017

Despite President Buhari’s comments a few weeks ago that the Nigerian government had “crushed” Boko Haram, suicide bombings and raids conducted by the group have continued to ravage the region….

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    • Arts & Culture
    • International

Las Mujeres bringing Latin Night to Portland State

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 23, 2017

Las Mujeres means “women” in Spanish, but Las Mujeres isn’t a club dedicated only to being a Latina woman at Portland State, it’s also about sharing Latin culture with the…

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    • International

Cuba after Castro: PSU professors discuss what might happen next

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 20, 2017

Fidel Castro, the proclaimed hero of the 1959 communist revolution in Cuba and the country’s president for nearly a half-century afterwards, died on Nov. 25, 2016. Although the Cuban revolutionary…

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    • International

UN increases sanctions on North Korea in response to nuclear aspirations

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 12, 2017

On Nov. 30, 2016 the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to increase various sanctions on North Korea in reaction to the country’s repeated long-range nuclear missile tests. The original…

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    • International

United States displays muted rebuke of Israel at UN

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 9, 2017

In a tense vote on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, the United States abstained from vetoing an otherwise unanimous United Nations Security Council resolution asking Israel to pull out of its…

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    • Get Fit Guide 2017

Get fit guide: Flexing your emotional muscles on campus

  • Christian Poindexter
  • January 9, 2017

We all know being a student can be very stressful. In addition to writing essays, spending long hours at school and work, and balancing any kind of life in between, there…

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    • International

Ban Ki-moon as United Nations Secretary-General: a look back

  • Christian Poindexter
  • December 28, 2016

The 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, steps down on Dec. 31, 2016 after 10 years, or two consecutive five-year terms in office. His time there, however, has…

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    • International

Mosul: As siege continues, humanitarian crises intensify

  • Christian Poindexter
  • December 27, 2016

As the U.S.-backed Iraqi government and its allied forces continue the offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-occupied city of Mosul, Iraq, thousands are being either killed…

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