With 2017 coming to a close, we wanted to know what news stories Ryerson University students felt were the biggest of this year. While answers ranged from refugee crises in Southeast Asia to sports politics next door in the United States, one thing is clear: there was no shortage of breaking news in 2017. Video…
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Confederate monuments removed across the United States in 2017
On June 17, 2015, 21-year-old white supremacist Dylann Roof entered the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. He opened fire, shooting and killing nine people, all of whom were African American. In response, Confederate flags, long a symbol of the values of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, were removed from state…
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Charting the Rise of Elon Musk's Tech Empire
Elon Musk is everywhere, and whether you can afford a Tesla vehicle or not, it’s hard to deny Musk’s influence in the tech world. Slowly but surely, he’s built up a stack of companies that many of us interact with every day. This timeline charts Musk’s career, from company to company, following his entrepreneurial tech…