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The Shapes of Stones

By Niya Shahdad on December 5, 2018

The careful act of paying respects to kin while under curfew in Kashmir Read More

A 12,346-foot volcano erupted in Guatemala, covering houses with ash and molten rock, and killing at least 38 people.[1] North Korea’s state-run news agency reported that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad,…

Weekly Review

By Niya Shahdad on March 28, 2018

More than a million Americans marched in protest of the country's lax gun-control laws, Trump appointed John Bolton as his third national security adviser, and a pothole patching machine was unveiled…

Weekly Review

By Niya Shahdad on March 13, 2018

US president Donald Trump, who once called North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un a fat “Rocket Man” with a small “nuclear button,” announced that he would meet and discuss nuclear…

Weekly Review

By Niya Shahdad on March 6, 2018

Hope Hicks resigns, China bans the letter n, and the moon gets a mobile phone network Read More

Weekly Review

By Niya Shahdad on March 24, 2017

Trump said that he might not have been elected president “if it wasn’t for Twitter,” Snoop Dogg released a music video in which he is shown shooting a toy gun…

Weekly Review

By Niya Shahdad on February 24, 2017

Fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, who was Trump’s first choice for secretary of labor, withdrew himself from consideration after a video surfaced of his ex-wife accusing him of domestic abuse; and…