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  • The People Across the River

    For many non-residents, “Anacostia” refers to all of DC across the Anacostia River. In reality, Anacostia is just the neighborhood on the eastern end of the 11th Street Bridge. Despite the area’s current issues with poverty and crime, it is one of the most historic neighborhoods in the whole city. While most DC students make…

  • A Ruling But Not An Answer

    In the days following the release of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case, the Court’s 7-2 decision in favor of the Colorado baker, Jack Philips, was consistently found in news headlines. Philips was sued for refusing to make a wedding cake for David Mullins and Charlie Craig…

  • The Second Syrian Civil War

    [su_pullquote align=”right”]Assad will win his war by 2020.[/su_pullquote]Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will win his war by 2020. Iran and Russia, whose forces now constitute most of Assad’s armies, have successfully protected his regime and the Syrian statelet. Opposition forces—what’s left of them after the fall of Aleppo in December 2016—are disunited and weak. And the…