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Government small enough to die of COVID-19

  • Emma Sage
  • May 5, 2020

I want to go back to the pre-Trump days and argue a long-standing point of political philosophy: the cherished Republican ideal of small government. Remember when Grover Norquist said, “I…

The Daigokuden, or "The Great Hall" of Heijō Palace. Courtesy of Tamago Moffle/Flickr
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Heijōkyō, Japan’s ancient capita

  • Karisa Yuasa
  • February 3, 2020

Dr. Yoko Hsueh Shirai, an independent scholar based in California, presented in the Portland State Smith Memorial Student Union on the history and reconstruction of a United Nations Educational, Scientific…

What makes Portland city government unique, and what some Portlanders are doing about it.
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Keep Portland Government Weird?

  • Hanna Anderson
  • January 14, 2020

While Portland prepares itself for the 2020 election year to vote in a new round of government officials, the city’s system of government itself may be subject to change this…

A Lebanese soldier is overcome with tears as protesters take to the street in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar/AP Images
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People protest financial crisis in Lebanon

  • Madison Cecil
  • October 28, 2019

Demonstrations unite the country Protests in Lebanon began on Oct. 17 after new taxes on video chat services such as WhatsApp and FaceTime were proposed by the federal government.  The…

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Conspiracy theories that came true

  • Dylan Jefferies
  • September 27, 2019

Project MKUltra—the CIA’s top secret LSD experiments Does the government distribute LSD as a form of mind control? Project MKUltra, also known as the Central Intelligence Agency’s Mind Control Program,…

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Alien 51

  • Madison Cecil
  • September 26, 2019

The public has been aware that Area 51 is no longer a conspiracy but in fact a real place located in southern Nevada since the United States government officially acknowledged…

Puerto Rico has had three different governors over the course of one week following the resignation of former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Aug. 2. Courtesy of Creative Commons.
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Puerto Rico considering fourth new governor in one week

  • Madison Cecil
  • August 16, 2019

After days of protests, Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigned on Aug. 2, but now the United States territory has had a total of three different governors in less than…

Comedian, actor and now Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Courtesy of Flickr
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Ukrainian comedian’s first two months as president

  • Madison Cecil
  • July 22, 2019

When comedian and actor Volodymyr Zelensky won 70% of the overall vote in the Ukrainian presidential elections last year, he took on the responsibility of the country’s struggling economy and…

A coup attempt led by former general Asamnew Tsige resulted in the death of the regional government’s president Ambachew Mekonnen. Courtesy of Brookings Institution
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Coup attempt in Ethiopia fails

  • Madison Cecil
  • July 10, 2019

A coup attempt led by former general Asamnew Tsige in the Amhara region of Ethiopia failed on June 22 and resulted in the deaths of multiple high-ranking government officials.  There…

Demonstrations near the army headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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A ‘revolutionary escalation’ in Sudanese protests

  • Madison Cecil
  • June 21, 2019

After months of calling for a civilian-led government, Sudan’s protest leaders called for nighttime demonstrations in Khartoum amid the standoff with the ruling military council on June 17. Thousands of…

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Wikipedia takes Turkey to court

  • Madison Cecil
  • June 6, 2019

Wikipedia filed a lawsuit against Turkey with the European Court of Human Rights regarding the ban on the website that has been in place since April 29, 2017. The current…

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