China has the dubious honor of arresting the most journalists of any country in 2019. China arrested at least 48 journalists, one more than last year. The Committee to Protect Journalists, which published the report accounting for the at least 250 journalists arrested this year. The report noted that, in terms of China, “the number …

Both to commemorate the half-year anniversary of the beginning of their protests and to demand concessions from Beijing, as many as 800,000 Hong Kong citizens took to the streets in a peaceful march. “If the government still refuses to acknowledge our demands after today, we should and will escalate our protests,” said one protestor. It …

Kamala Harris has dropped out of the primary race after her poll numbers plummeted in recent months. Harris has cited a lack of funds for her withdrawal. The move should come as no surprised, especially after a top staffer published a scathing letter of resignation and the New York Times followed up with a nail …

Bernie Sanders is surging in polls. According to recent polls, he is in the lead for the New Hampshire primaries with 26% of Democrats supporting him. Right behind him sits Pete Buttigieg at 22%. Biden and Warren are tied for third at 14%. Sanders is on fire––he’s the first candidate to qualify for the Maine …

A Russian firm unsuccessfully tried to hack the November 5 Ohio elections. Their failure does not mean that the U.S. elections are hack proof, of course. The United States government has done basically nothing to stop foreign entities from meddling in its elections (thanks, Moscow Mitch). As this Business Insider piece points out, it’s actually really easy to …

Trump is in very hot water. A recent poll reveals that 50% of the country wants Trump impeached and removed from office. A new poll says fifty-three percent of Americans feel that President Trump has used his office for political gain. That’s a 4% rise from last month. Another 56% say that Trump’s attempts to get …

Law professor Neal Katyal, the Obama-era acting solicitor general has said the Trump White House is “engaged in unprecedented obstruction, in many ways even worse than President Nixon during Watergate.” Trump’s current situation has drawn many parallels to Watergate. Nick Akerman, a prosecutor who investigated Nixon, has claimed that the evidence against Trump is even …

Donald Trump vocally and frequently criticized President Obama for playing golf, both for the time Obama spent golfing and the cost. Well, Trump’s latest numbers dwarf Obama’s stats: Trump has spent an estimated $115 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. It’s hard to get a real number because the White House won’t release how …

Prince Andrew is stepping away from his royal duties, following a BBC interview that sparked international backlash. Viewers said that Prince Andrew’s did not seem to express sympathy for the victims and gave unconvincing denials of sexual misconduct. The interview was so bad that experts on the royal family say it is the biggest PR …

A video released Monday shows what appears to be Hong Kong protestors being loaded on to a train near the Chinese border. The video has ignited fears that China is going to send protestors to detention camps, just like it is doing with the Uighur in Xinjiang. Last week, the protests became increasingly violent. On …

Swedish Culture and Democracy Minister Amanda Lind awarded the Chinese-born Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai the Tucholsky Prize. The prize comes from PEN International, a free speech organization. China warned that Sweden would suffer “bad consequences” if they went ahead witht he war. “Giving an award to such a criminal is an outright political farce … …

The protests in Hong Kong have been getting more violent every day this week. Now, students and protestors at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have taken up weapons, arming themselves with javelins and bows and arrows. They also have lit their arrows on fire. On Wednesday, the city was crippled as much of the public …