Strange News: From North Korea to TikTok and the Hazy Limits of the Mind

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The Future of Detention Centers

As the United States debate over immigration continues to rage, Uncle Sam is constructing hundreds of controversial detainment centers. The official reasoning is that these facilities will hold people until they are cleared or deported... but is that the entire story? In this epi ...  Show more

CLASSIC: Putin's Strange New Law

The Russian government may soon pass an unusual law giving any former Russian president legal immunity -- not only from any crimes committed while in office, but for any acts before or after their presidency, as well. This lifetime immunity proposal has international spectators s ...  Show more

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