YDSA protests federal involvement in Columbia
The Mizzou Young Democratic Socialists of America amplified these absent voices at their protest on Dec. 11. With three central demands, YDSA advocated for policing to be local, collaboration with the federal government and ICE to be dismantled and for city policy to be directed by elected city officials. Starting off at Speaker’s Circle, protestors marched to Jesse Hall and then to city hall.
BREAKING: Israel resumes strikes on Gaza; Over 100 killed by overnight strikes
Since Oct. 10, Israel has committed over 125 violations according to the Gaza Government Media Office. These various attacks ultimately killed over 90 Palestinians and wounded hundreds more. Additionally, Israel continues to deny entry from the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, preventing crucial aid from going through.
BREAKING: Israel launches airstrike on residential area in Qatar
On Sept. 9, Israel launched an airstrike on the City of Doha, Qatar, targeting Hamas leadership as they were discussing US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal. This attack makes Qatar the sixth arab country that Israel has bombed in the past month, on top of regular attacks on Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. Since the break of dawn, Israel has killed 52 Palestinians, and millions are still being starved by Israel's manmade famine. 
Breaking: US Attacks Iran, Live updates
“The United States should not be in an offensive war against Iran without a vote of Congress,” Kaibe said “The Constitution is completely clear on it. I am so disappointed that the president has acted so prematurely.”
The start, but not the end
After tens, if not hundreds, of lives were lost from the genocide in Gaza, a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hamas on Jan. 19. The last act of the Biden administration shows promise, but as an Israeli airstrike on a residential area in Gaza not even a day after indicates, this is not the end of Israeli violence for Palestinians. However, Trump’s plans to take ownership of the Gaza strip, deporting the population in the process, has only weakened the already thin ice this ceasefire stands on.