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Yellow Vests Take France by Storm

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In November 2018, the Yellow Vest Movement began organizing protests on the main streets of Paris. Despite having an ideology of peaceful protesting, Les Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) have demonstrated in a variety of ways, from destroying expensive shops on Les Champs Elysée to burning cars.  Hearing about such a serious series of protest may leave one wondering; “Who are the Yellow Vests, and why are they so upset?” Keep Reading

The Black Panther Sleuths into World Topics

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    T’Challa, played by Chadwick Boseman, and his ex-lover, Nakia, played by Lupita Nyong’D. CNN
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    The Black Panther suits up and prepares to fight. Deadline.

The “Black Panther,” which debuted Feb. 16, is the latest Marvel superhero solo movie. Ever since the last Avengers (Civil War) movie where the superhero Black Panther made his first appearance, his solo cameo has been highly anticipated. Although the movie did satisfy many people who went in with high expectations, for others it did not quite meet those same expectations. Keep Reading

Hollywood Makes a Stand at the Golden Globes

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    Seth Meyers at the Golden Globes. NY Daily News
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    Oprah Winfrey gives a speech at the Golden Globes. Variety.com

The Golden Globe Awards Ceremony aired on Jan. 7, and was a very significant event for a variety of different reasons. Almost every actor who attended the event wore a Time’s Up badge to support and commemorate their appearance at the awards to those who were victims of sexual harassment. This movement was prompted by the large number of Hollywood actors that have been coming out with stories of being sexually harassed and abused by people in positions of power in the industry. Keep Reading

Catalonia’s Demand for Independence

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Whether it be through soccer, economics or relations between the people, the Catalonian Secession is having a profound impact on the country of Spain. The Catalonians are demanding independence from Spain and will settle for nothing less than complete secession from their mother country.

Catalonia is a region of Spain that runs itself autonomously with their own government called the Generalitat de Catalunya. Catalonians have never really considered themselves to be a part of Spain. For many years, Catalonia and Spain were separate countries, but in 1714, the Spanish defeated Catalonia in the War of the Spanish Succession, which resulted in modern-day Spain. When democracy regained power after General Francisco Franco, Catalonia was granted some autonomy in 1977.

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Trump Places Chad on Travel Ban

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    The eight countries on the travel ban. Washington Post
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    Picture of Chad President Idriss Deby waving to the crowd. qz.com

President Donald Trump has recently decided to keep his promise to the people of the United States and start making crucial changes to combat terrorism.

One of the most current actions he has taken is placing the African country Chad on the list of countries included in his travel ban. Foreign policy experts have been baffled as to why Trump would include Chad in this travel ban and leave out countries such as Sudan, as Chad has been cooperative and instrumental in the fight against extremist groups such as Isis-West, Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram.

In response to the many people questioning Trump’s decision, the Trump Administration responded by saying that Chad had failed to “adequately share public-safety and terrorism-related information” and that “several terrorist groups are active” in the country.

Richard Downie, Deputy Director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic International Studies, said that these reasons are not distinguishable in the slightest and is “sure Chad is not the only country that is providing satisfactory information.”

These actions are undoubtedly insulting towards the government of Chad, and to single out Chad as one of the eight countries on the travel ban will most definitely affect an otherwise strong relationship between the Chad and the U.S.

Johns Creek senior Zachary Himmel said, “The placement of Chad on the travel ban is a direct slight that the government of Chad cannot ignore.” The Chadian government has responded to their country’s placement on the travel ban by saying that they were “baffled” and “astonished” as well as that this decision “severely tarnishes the image of Chad and the strong relationship between the two countries, particularly in the fight against terrorism.”

Placing Chad on this travel ban may have disastrous consequences, as Chad has been one of the key elements in fighting and preventing terrorism in Africa. Chad has provided the only continental force in the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (funded by the US) and has been providing troops to the United Nations Peacekeeping force in Mali. This grievance to the Chadian government may result in the government withdrawing from the Counterterrorism Partnership, which would be a critical loss to the U.S in the fight against terrorism.

The number of Chadians that travel to the United States is close to none, so one can only wonder if this action was just a way of demeaning Chad. If so, that would be a horrible mistake considering what Chad has done and continues to do in the war against terrorism. The possibility of them refusing to help the United States for damaging their reputation is high and would be at the cost of the U.S.

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