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Along with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement comes many questions about how movements of change today operate differently from movements of the past, and whether or not these are changes for the better. In this episode of Due Process Don'ts Aanya Schoetz interviews Professor Waldo E. MARTIN, an expert on Civil Rights and the Black Panther Party, to unpack todays movements of change, what they are doing well, and what they can learn.

Ground beef, fried potatoes, sautéed onion, drowned in cheese sauce, and wrapped in a tortilla. French tacos aren't Mexican or Californian or even Tex Mex. They come from a culture of North African fast-food-connoisseurs based in Southern France. The tacos, with the kebab and burger, represent a mode of cuisine known as street cooking, a culinary genre which occupies increasingly contested cultural ground: cities want to ban them, schools refuse to serve them, politicians have them in their sights. 

Can France decide — to tacos or not to tacos? 🇫🇷🌮

Putin, a hero or not? In today's episode, Ali Hasan, our writer in the World section, sits down to talk about his article on Russia. In light of today's Russia-Ukraine War, there is a lot to unpack. Why has Putin been successful? How does the war in Crimea set the stage for today's discussion? Why invade Ukraine? Is the US threatened as a global hegemon, has it ever been one? Listen to this episode to find out all the questions you have for the war that is escalating every second right now.

In the midst of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that is dominating the headlines these days, a natural resource, interestingly enough, is being discussed. Nord Stream 2 is a natural gas pipeline that runs from Russia to the coast of Germany, constructed mainly by Gazprom, a majority state-owned Russian company. As tensions build up between Russia and its neighbour, threats of the pipeline being halted are being made.

On February 20th, one of our hosts, Michelle Wang, sits down with one of our World section's editors, Stefanie Iojica, to discuss this issue extensively. 

Be on the lookout for Stefanie's article on this issue! 📰

Interviewed by Financial Review, Afghan student Haseen and Singaporean student Lola are two brave souls. Earlier this year, with the eruption of conflict in Afghanistan, Lola and her schoolmates rapidly formed a team to evacuate Haseen from the alarming environment she was in. Listen to this episode to find out what exactly they did, Haseen's thoughts on the inhumane and, frankly, terrifying situation in her home country, and how you can help.

In this episode, Dr. Reddie, assistant professor of practice at the information school at UC Berkeley, joins Berkeley Political Review to discuss the recent event of Facebook shutdown event and its implications in a wider context. He not only elaborated on what is cybersecurity and what it means in a way that is easy to understand but also touched upon how Facebook functions in today's world. Does Facebook challenge democracy? How is Facebook making people more politically polarized? These are topics very much relevant to today's social network and how it is having an impact on every ordinary person's life.