Sondland Testimony Implicates Key Trump Administration Officials 2019-11-20

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Sondland Testimony Implicates Key Trump Administration Officials

Gordon Sondland, the former ambassador to the European Union, gave riveting testimony today in the impeachment hearing that has rocked the nations.  

The Legacy of Julian Assange

Yesterday, Swedish prosecutors dropped their investigation of rape and sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange.

99% of Native American Languages are in Danger of Going Extinct 

Despite efforts to preserve them, many indigenous languages in the United States are at risk of going extinct.

Nearly Two Thousand Dams at Risk for Failure in the U.S.

An investigation from the Associated Press found that almost 1,700 dams pose potential risk for failure in 44 states and Puerto Rico. 

Racism Pushed Chinese Americans to Leave the U.S. En Masse in the 20th Century

During a time that people flocked to the U.S. for a better life, second and third generation Chinese Americans chose to leave and pursue the same dream in China.  

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