Emma Axelrod

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• United States

President Obama was a celebrity even before he ran for president. In 2007, comedy site Barely Political’s music video “Crush on Obama,” lip-synced by “Obama Girl” Amber Lee Ettinger, was one of Newsweek’s top ten videos of the year. The v...

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• Religion

A Pew Research graphic illustrating the religious makeup of the 114th Congress, via the Pew Research Center. Do American politicians see themselves as American Jews or Jewish Americans? That question, and the cultural stigmas behind it, presents thes...

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ABC’s Bob Woodruff is one of the few American journalists who has been allowed inside North Korean borders. He has been to the country a total of five times, most recently in 2013 to report on national celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of th...

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• Religion

According to the president of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Europe is experiencing its worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War II. Media saturation of conflicts in Israel seem to correspond to increases of anti-Semitic violence in Europe. ...

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This April, the US military authorized new hair regulations that prohibited several natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks, cornrows and hair that extends more than two inches from the scalp. Public outrage over the decision and allegations t...

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On August 28, the California State Senate took a step to clear up convoluted college rape policy. Over the past few months, colleges nationwide have been criticized for mishandling sexual violence complaints. As a result, the White House began invest...