The Five & One

The Five & One is a weekly roundup of major political events. After sifting through the most recent news stories, we choose five that are individually significant or have dramatic implications. We offer a brief summary and analysis of each to explain it's importance. We also include one story which is receiving plenty of attention but has little real importance.

The Week of January 27th, 2014

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5. Instability in Nigeria

The Week of January 20th, 2014

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5. NATO Summit Terrorism Trial

The Week of January 13th, 2014

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5. Contaminated Water in West Virginia

The Week of January 6th, 2014

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5. African Ivory Destroyed

The Week of November 11th, 2013


US Marines in the Phillipines after Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013. Public domian photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb Hoover.

The Week of November 4th, 2013


Predator Drone in flight above California in January 2012. Public Domain photo from the US Airforce.

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5. Germans Introduce Third Gender

The Week of October 28th, 2013


Inside the Marmaray tunnel, May 3, 2012, Wikimedia Commons Photo by Muhammed Enes Okullu 

The Week of October 21st, 2013


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5. Google Reveals New Advocacy Tools

The Week of October 14th, 2013


Washington, DC on August 17, 2011. Creative Commons photo by Zach Rudisin.

 

The Week of October 7th, 2013


The US Federal Reserve, Feburary 15, 2005. Creative Commons photo by Dan Smith.

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5. Suits Against UN Over Cholera in Haiti