In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s frequent condemnation of the conservative elite and neoliberal technocrats echoed in his daily morning conferences during his six years as president. He mobilized voters mainly by appealing to popul...
“Willkommen in Wust! Willkommen in Saxony-Anhalt!” These were the first words I heard following 18 hours of travel as my host parents, Sigrun and Matthias, welcomed me with open arms. Wust, a town of just over 800 residents in old East German...
In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There has been no fighting in the last 24 years, and a growing number of second-generation Sahrawi refugees have no mem...
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There has been no fighting in the last 24 years, and a growing number of second-generation Sahrawi refugees have no mem...
Last 23rd of December, President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega inaugurated the most expensive and ambitious infrastructural project in the 21st century so far: The Nicaragua Canal, an Inter-Oceanic waterway that aims to surpass the Panama Canal in width...
Last 23rd of December, President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega inaugurated the most expensive and ambitious infrastructural project in the 21st century so far: The Nicaragua Canal, an Inter-Oceanic waterway that aims to surpass the Panama Canal in width...
The knife-wielding terrorists that have been appearing in our social media newsfeeds with alarming regularity over the past months do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. In their eyes, a British aid worker is as legitimate a victim as a...
The knife-wielding terrorists that have been appearing in our social media newsfeeds with alarming regularity over the past months do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. In their eyes, a British aid worker is as legitimate a victim as a...
In Libya, the Islamic State yet again rears its head. Though the opening of this new frontier does mark a threatening expansion of ISIL, it is altogether more indicative of the weak Libyan state into which the group has spread. ISIL has easily establ...
In Libya, the Islamic State yet again rears its head. Though the opening of this new frontier does mark a threatening expansion of ISIL, it is altogether more indicative of the weak Libyan state into which the group has spread. ISIL has easily establ...
On December 17, 2014, Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States, ending half a century of severed relations. The simultaneously broadcasted announcements hinted at the poss...
On December 17, 2014, Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States, ending half a century of severed relations. The simultaneously broadcasted announcements hinted at the poss...
The notoriously hermetic and isolated country of North Korea closed its borders to tourists last fall due to concerns about the threat of Ebola. Remarkably, it has recently decided to reopen them in order to hold a sporting event: the Pyongyang Marat...
The notoriously hermetic and isolated country of North Korea closed its borders to tourists last fall due to concerns about the threat of Ebola. Remarkably, it has recently decided to reopen them in order to hold a sporting event: the Pyongyang Marat...
Seven years ago, 18-year-old Carmen Guadalupe Vasquez Aldana was rushed to the hospital in her home country of El Salvador. Vasquez had been raped months earlier and was now suffering a miscarriage. After she gave birth to a stillborn child, police r...
Seven years ago, 18-year-old Carmen Guadalupe Vasquez Aldana was rushed to the hospital in her home country of El Salvador. Vasquez had been raped months earlier and was now suffering a miscarriage. After she gave birth to a stillborn child, police r...
As Alexis Tsipras and his victorious Syriza party try to make good on the promises that put them in power, world leaders are struggling to keep their frustration in check. In January, Greeks voted the radical left-wing party into office, hoping to re...
As Alexis Tsipras and his victorious Syriza party try to make good on the promises that put them in power, world leaders are struggling to keep their frustration in check. In January, Greeks voted the radical left-wing party into office, hoping to re...
Shockingly, Beverly Hills is no longer the place plastic surgeons want to be. That dubious honor instead goes to Dubai, the young cosmopolis that is becoming the hottest plastic surgery market in the world. In Dubai, there are a whopping 56 plastic s...
Shockingly, Beverly Hills is no longer the place plastic surgeons want to be. That dubious honor instead goes to Dubai, the young cosmopolis that is becoming the hottest plastic surgery market in the world. In Dubai, there are a whopping 56 plastic s...
On January 25th, Greece headed to the polls and gave an astounding victory to Syriza in what might constitute the biggest slap in the face of the European Union since the advent of austerity. In its 26 days in power, the newly elected Prime Minister ...
On January 25th, Greece headed to the polls and gave an astounding victory to Syriza in what might constitute the biggest slap in the face of the European Union since the advent of austerity. In its 26 days in power, the newly elected Prime Minister ...
Since its establishment in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard 22 cases and indicted 36 individuals, all of them from Africa. Now, in the midst of multiple ongoing ICC investigations in African countries, the continent has shot bac...
Since its establishment in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard 22 cases and indicted 36 individuals, all of them from Africa. Now, in the midst of multiple ongoing ICC investigations in African countries, the continent has shot bac...
Half a century ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a decision that still haunts the American memory today. In February 1965, Johnson announced the now-infamous bombing campaign Operation Rolling Thunder. Fifty years later, it is hard not to notice ...
Half a century ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a decision that still haunts the American memory today. In February 1965, Johnson announced the now-infamous bombing campaign Operation Rolling Thunder. Fifty years later, it is hard not to notice ...