Austin Cherkas

International Correspondent

Austin Cherkas is an international correspondent for 71 Republic covering Asian affairs, civil liberties, and U.S. national news. Austin is from Minnesota and earned a Bachelor of Science in sociology and economics from North Dakota State University. He served at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

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U.S. Politics

Nothing New in the Charleston Shooting

Violent shootings in America are, unfortunately, nothing new.

World · Africa

Uganda and its Oppression of Women

How the African country is turning a blind eye to the rights of women.

Technology

Sexual Harassment Hurts Women and the Future of the Tech Industry

Picture this: you go to college to get a degree in an industry that the people in that industry are very different than you.

U.S. Politics

Walter Shaub, Ethics Director, Resigns

The government's top ethics watchdog quits six months early after repeated clashes with the Trump White House.

U.S. Politics

Historic: Minnesota Lifts Sunday Liquor Ban

After 159 years, Minnesotans can finally buy a bottle on Sunday.

World · Asia

Hong Kong’s Dream For Democracy is Crushed

is a large country with a whopping 3.705 million miles in area.

World · Asia

India’s “Beef” Between Church and State

A mob killed a Muslim teenager over a rumor of beef — and India's cow laws share the blame.

World · Asia

India’s Violation of Expression: Sedition

India jailed 15 people for cheering the wrong cricket team — its sedition law outlived the empire that wrote it.

World · Asia

Thailand’s New Problem: Drugs

A $3 drug cocktail called kratom is hollowing out the villages of Thailand's south.

World · Latin America

Panama’s New Friendship With China Angers Taiwan

On June 13, 2017, the Panamanian Government made a stunning statement that shocked the political world, insisting that there was only one China, and therein not acknowledg…

World · Asia

Civil Liberties Squashed in Japan

Pictured: Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan Japan has passed a controversial anti-terrorism bill, and it’s turning eyes in the human rights community.

Economy

India’s New Problem is Also America’s

Pictured: Pranab Mukherjee, President of India Excessive industrialization has left jobs and workers in the dust in large countries worldwide.

U.S. Politics

Sheriff's Call to Arms Strike Controversy

Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey posted a very controversial statement on social media.

Technology

Snapchat Downloads Begin to Drop

One of America's top Social Media companies is going through some serious turmoil.

U.S. Politics

James Comey Report

Trump fires FBI Director James Comey on the Justice Department's recommendation.