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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the national economy and the need for his administration's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief legislation in the State Dining Room at the White House on February 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden hosted lawmakers from both parties at the White House this week in an effort to push his pandemic relief plan forward. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden announces US will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders following coup

Jennifer Hansler, CNN February 10, 2021

(CNN) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar's military leaders after last week's coup in the country.In brief remarks, the President said he had...

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden speaks before signing executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2021. - The orders include reopening enrollment in the federal Affordable Care Act. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden administration debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’

(CNN) -- The Biden administration is engaged in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have ramifications for US assistance to the country's...

A soldier stands guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw on February 1, 2021, after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Myanmar’s military seizes power in coup after detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians

(CNN) -- Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early...

Election Day New Testament Baptist Church Ravenna

Elias Shingleton November 3, 2020

A voter inserts a ballot into a scanning machine with the help of a poll worker at New Testament Baptist Church in Ravenna on Election Day, Nov. 30, 2020. New Testament Baptist Church was the designated...

Maddie Newingham

Opinion: It’s time to address the issue in Myanmar

Maddie Newingham September 24, 2017

With a chaotic United States and absurd news cycles, it is often hard to put ourselves in perspective on a global scale. While we have problems to fix at home, we must also pursue justice abroad.Let’s...