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Why did Penn State reverse its decision to allow a Proud Boys event on campus?
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    Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder's speech, citing the threat of violence.
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    A conservative student group organized the event. A student-led group that considers requests to use student-derived funds for events approved the event. The committee says its policies require it to observe "viewpoint neutrality." Until [far-right figure Alex Stein walked to the protestors], Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi said, it had been a "peaceful protest."
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    Stein posted video footage online in which he sought to agitate the crowd — with success: one protester spat on his jacket. [45 minutes before the event's start time] the university said its police department deemed the event too dangerous to proceed. Videos from the scene show standoffs between protesters and supporters of [Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes].
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    "Some brave people were pepper sprayed by hate group members," said the student group which organized protests against the event. "It is unclear which individuals onsite resorted to physical confrontation and to using pepper spray against others, including against police," Bendapudi said. After the cancellation, the only people celebrating are the agitators, he said.
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    Proud Boys’ only ‘idea’ is violence. Penn State is wrong to give its leader a platform. [Read free here]
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Yes - A huge part of Ukraine's war effort is bankrolled by the U.S., which means Ukraine has to take the U.S. stance into consideration. Meanwhile any escalation Russia does, it does with the world's other nuclear power in mind. It's also just moral to bring a negotiated end to this war, at this point the U.S. has no qualms about throwing away Ukrainian lives if it defeats Russia and Russia has no qualms about throwing away its own soldiers' lives or Ukrainian lives either. Millions are facing food insecurity in the world's poorest countries, there's a serious possibility of nuclear conflict, and we don't even know if Ukraine can win -- it's just not worth the risk.


No - The Ukrainians should not be required to give up any territory to Putin, and at present he has no willingness to cede any of the territory he's captured so far. The Ukrainians currently...



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Why did Myanmar's junta bomb an outdoor concert?


    The concert was held to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Kachin Independence Organization, one of the largest and most active ethnic groups, which has been fighting Myanmar's military for year...

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    In a new list of fungal “priority pathogens,” the World Health Organization identifies 19 of these often-overlooked microbes that pose the greatest threat to human health. The organization...

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    The German sportswear giant had faced pressure from the public and its own employees to cut ties with Ye, who said on a podcast on Oct. 16: “I can say anti-Semitic th...

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