[00:00:00]When I think back on my quite long career in the world of academia, in government, and in public service, there was one occasion where I had a major fall from grace, and it had to do with the reaction of the person who succeeded Nelson Mand...
Foreword by Jennifer Galvin[00:00:00]It’s easy to think about history as something finished, a completed story. Decisions were made. Chapters closed. Lessons were learned. But then there are moments when history doesn’t feel finished at all. And ...
[00:00:00]The moment when South Africa became a democratic society in 1994 and Nelson Mandela became president, it was a moment of extraordinary joy, if you can imagine that. That sort of freedom at last. [Archival news clip]: Nelson Mandela: T...
Recently, the Red Sea has witnessed everything but an exodus of interest from regional and global actors. With a significant volume of oil flowing through the Bab-el-Mandeb (Mandeb Strait) (including half of China’s total oil imports) and internal ...
Recently, the Red Sea has witnessed everything but an exodus of interest from regional and global actors. With a significant volume of oil flowing through the Bab-el-Mandeb (Mandeb Strait) (including half of China’s total oil imports) and internal ...
No state escaped deindustrialization, but some weathered it better than others. Rhode Island was not one of those states. At the turn of the 20th century, Rhode Island was one of the wealthiest states, per capita, in the country. Industrial growth ...
No state escaped deindustrialization, but some weathered it better than others. Rhode Island was not one of those states. At the turn of the 20th century, Rhode Island was one of the wealthiest states, per capita, in the country. Industrial growth ...
Rhode Island needs energy. A series of power plant closings and maxed out pipelines have left the state – and much of the New England area – in need of alternative sources of energy. The state needs a solution that would generate enough energy ...
Rhode Island needs energy. A series of power plant closings and maxed out pipelines have left the state – and much of the New England area – in need of alternative sources of energy. The state needs a solution that would generate enough energy ...
On September 23, standing in front of a banner declaring, “Ahead for a New Front,” French presidential runner-up Marine Le Pen announced the “historic rebuilding” of the Front National (FN). This announcement marked the kick-off of a t...
On September 23, standing in front of a banner declaring, “Ahead for a New Front,” French presidential runner-up Marine Le Pen announced the “historic rebuilding” of the Front National (FN). This announcement marked the kick-off of a t...
Hurricane Harvey — a category four hurricane — demolished the city of Houston, Texas, dropping up to 50 inches of rainfall and causing 66 deaths in the span of just five days. While this natural disaster was devastating to many families and homes...
Hurricane Harvey — a category four hurricane — demolished the city of Houston, Texas, dropping up to 50 inches of rainfall and causing 66 deaths in the span of just five days. While this natural disaster was devastating to many families and homes...
In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national jurisdiction. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, 13.5 million people have been in desperate need of h...
In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national jurisdiction. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, 13.5 million people have been in desperate need of h...
On September 2, 2016, thousands of American pastors and across the country took to their pulpits as part of the annual “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” to discuss the relative merits of the two most unpopular major party candidates fo...
On September 2, 2016, thousands of American pastors and across the country took to their pulpits as part of the annual “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” to discuss the relative merits of the two most unpopular major party candidates fo...
To any common media consumer, it may appear that international cooperation is on its way out. President Trump’s pledge to defy World Trade Organization (WTO) statutes on tariffs has upended the consensus on free trade that prevailed on both sid...
To any common media consumer, it may appear that international cooperation is on its way out. President Trump’s pledge to defy World Trade Organization (WTO) statutes on tariffs has upended the consensus on free trade that prevailed on both sid...
While narratives of anti-Islamic sentiments continue to dominate the American media, little airtime is given to how other parts of the world treat Muslim minorities, such as the Uyghur ethnic group in China. While the state officially recognizes 56 e...
While narratives of anti-Islamic sentiments continue to dominate the American media, little airtime is given to how other parts of the world treat Muslim minorities, such as the Uyghur ethnic group in China. While the state officially recognizes 56 e...
To most lay viewers of newly-elected Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it may have seemed certain that, in his past life, Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken was a master of the cou...
To most lay viewers of newly-elected Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it may have seemed certain that, in his past life, Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken was a master of the cou...
On August 17, Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old Syrian boy, narrowly survived a Bashar al-Assad-backed airstrike in Aleppo. Overnight, a still from the video taken of Omran in the back of an ambulance was shared thousands of times on social media. Befo...
On August 17, Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old Syrian boy, narrowly survived a Bashar al-Assad-backed airstrike in Aleppo. Overnight, a still from the video taken of Omran in the back of an ambulance was shared thousands of times on social media. Befo...
Video by Isabela Karibjanian, Rachel Markell and Julie Pham....
Video by Isabela Karibjanian, Rachel Markell and Julie Pham....