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Mike Pompeo recently announced a new government commission that will decide what constitutes a human right. Image via BBC. Secretary of State Pompeo has a commission in the making that will reevaluate what “human rights” means, potentially harming marginalized groups such as LGBTQ people, according to The New Yorker. On Monday after announcing the formation of the commission, named the Commission on Unalienable Rights, Pompeo explained that the group will be responsible for reviewing “the role of human rights in American...

Same-sex marriage is long-overdue in Hong Kong, but the members of the city’s government refuse to change their mind. Image via Yahoo NewsEven though the majority of people in Hong Kong are in support of same-sex marriage, the city’s government continues to support the ban on marriage equality because some believe that heterosexual marriages will lose meaning if gay people are allowed to marry, according to Straits Times.  However, the people of Hong Kong are fighting back against this ban....