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Debatable: Part IV
Monday’s third and final presidential debate on foreign policy (with quite a bit of domestic issues sneaked in) demonstrated the difference between someone studied, practised in international affairs,...
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The Role of the United States
By Margaret Hedderman Earlier this week, The Urchins discussed Monday night’s Presidential Debate on foreign policy. Bob Schieffer asked what each candidate thought the United States’ role is in the...
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The Obligations of the First Amendment
By Sarah Jost In 2012 alone, a confirmed 67 journalists worldwide have been killed because of their work. A third of those journalists worked online, many were freelance, and most were local. The four...
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Urchins Take Sides – Syria
A man mourns over the bodies of those killed in a suspected chemical weapon attack in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, August 21. – Courtesy of CNN.com It’s hard to say if anyone didn’t...
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Urchins Take Sides – No Good Decision
This week, in our second edition of Urchins Take Sides, we ask ourselves (and you) whether or not the United States should intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Is it our place? Will we simply...
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Urchins Take Sides – Inaction Is Complicity, But More Violence Is a Crime
This week, in our second edition of Urchins Take Sides, we ask ourselves (and you) whether or not the United States should intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Is it our place? Will we simply...
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Urchins Take Sides – Positive Alternatives
This week, in our second edition of Urchins Take Sides, we ask ourselves (and you) whether or not the United States should intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Is it our place? Will we simply...
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Urchins Take Sides – Reader Responses on Syria
This week, in our second edition of Urchins Take Sides, we ask ourselves (and you) whether or not the United States should intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Is it our place? Will we simply...
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An ‘Urchins Take Sides’ Addendum – Obama’s Speech on Syria
Photo credit: Getty Images Last Tuesday President Barack Obama addressed the nation and the world regarding the situation in Syria. Syrian president Bassar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons on his own...
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Several months ago I happened upon an article examining the lives of refugees living in a primary school in Northern Iraq. The impending start of the school year threatened their newfound security....
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