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Michael Youhana
I'm an NYU student studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. I've interned with PolicyMic and Haaretz. I currently write for NYU Local. Wikileaks is awesome. The Iraq War was not.
started following Mario Petrov, Christopher Altchek, Kwaku Osei, Aleksandar Deejay, Jake Horowitz, Chris Miles, Andrew Pasternak, Jonathan Dowdall, Audrey Farber, Tony O'Doherty, Michael Luciano, Natasha Malpani, 6 months ago
One year ago on April 8, 2011, the Iraqi army assaulted Camp Ashraf, the residence of 3,400 Iranian exiles. Resolving that incident may hold the key to bringing about regime change in Iran.
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The Kony 2012 campaign to “Cover the Night” on April 20 was a huge flop because online activists had no direction or desire to get offline.
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General Atomics is working on building longer-lasting Reaper Drones, further increasing the odds that Obama's drone program will become even more secretive and unaccountable.
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When it comes to discussing Latin America, Paul Krugman has a tortuous relationship with facts.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in a club for 30 minutes and had a beer. Does this make her an embarrassment for the State Department?
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From TIME 100's most influential people list to the Discovery space shuttle's last voyage, here's what you should read today.
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To participate in a diverse America and a multicultural world, our children must learn the alternate narratives, different perspectives, and new ideas wrought by the nation’s cultural diversity.
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Probably the most controversial issue facing Christianity today is its stance on homosexuality. Unfortunately, most believe that the two are completely irreconcilable.
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Read my interview with the CEO of Invisible Children's fundraising platform. Among other highlights, he reveals that Invisible Children's website got 1.7 million visitors in the first week.
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One year after the Camp Ashraf massacre, the world should be more vigilant towards Iranian dissidents and their cry for freedom, which are a reflection of the call from millions in Iran.
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After Kony 2012 Part II was released, I interviewed Javan Van Gronigen, the founder of the website that manages the Kony website on the aims and challenges of producing a new video.
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We must not forget how Lynndie England changed American history in a horrible way.
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Invisible Children has released a new video responding to the critics of Kony 2012, but serious questions about the organization and its goals still remain.
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Today, we’re excited to announce a new comment moderation feature that allows users to flag and remove comments that violate the discussion principles.
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Ryan Seacrest's success should inspire millennials.
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The GOP has not escaped Cold War thinking, an approach that says any compromise with Russia is tantamount to weakening America’s strategic position.
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An interactive multimedia timeline tracing the major developments in the Trayvon Martin case.
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Ron Paul should quit the GOP race by May 1 and announce an independent run in order to keep his campaign alive and put pressure on both parties.
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American complacency and inaction in regards to the situation in Syria has opened the door for Turkey to potentially grab a majority share of the regional power hegemony.
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Stephen Colbert and John Stewart have seized on the 2012 election as a golden opportunity for political satire and media criticism.
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In executing Sunday’s haphazard hack on Stratfor, Anonymous detrimentally blurred the line between hacktivist and robber.
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A move towards radical Islam is not to blame for Turkey's recent bouts of aggression towards the Middle East. Rather, a reemerging imperial attitude is.
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Exclusive photos from the "March of the Million" in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Wikileaks' new Twitter campaign, Wikileaks Find, allows the general public to play the role of journalists.
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For failing the public, the media mogul has nothing left to do but resign.
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The UN High-level Meeting of Youth attendees reflect on young people's disillusionment with today's political culture.
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An author's brush with an Anonymous member was strange, especially when looking at the nebulous inner workings of a hacking collective seeking political legitimacy.
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Iraqi independence need not be delayed, as the U.S. occupation has become an irritant for the Iraqi people, and has done far more harm than good.
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Hacktivists are upstanding members of society, and here's why.
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The economic and humanitarian crisis created by the War on Drugs, can only effectively be solved by drug legalization.
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Britain should continue to protect the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles at the British Museum, but should pay conflict-prone Egypt and Greece reparations for these artifacts.
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Investigative journalism, as we know it, is in trouble. Trying the Wikileaks' founder under the Espionage Act would damage the Fourth Estate.
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WikiLeaks is a media platform allowing people to leak information. This helps make it a legitimate journalistic source.
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Art — including pop music — can be used to make serious points about society, politics, and economics. The opinions artists set forth are just as powerful as those made by policymakers.
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Today, Armenians around the world commemorate the 97th anniversary of a genocide that began on April 24, 1915 and resulted in the murder of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.
Michael Youhana Arguments Presented Above: 1. a) Genocide denial is alright, so long as it's politically motivated and diplomatically effective genocide denial. b) Immoral state action is somewhat acceptable so long as it advances some state interest....