Bad Bunny may not be running for office, but the global pop star has been louder than most politicians about what Puerto Rico lacks: autonomy. He is extremely vocal with his advocacy, his fear of Puerto Rico beckoning “another Hawaii,” and the id...
They creep out of the shadows, changing their political colors to whatever is most popular as elections draw near. Once in power, the cycle repeats, as they modify priorities to prepare for a reelection. They can be loud in shameless denial of ...
Meet Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men buried together in the same tomb during the 5th dynasty in Egypt. Despite both having wives and families, the painting shows them embracing and touching noses. In Egyptian art, this act represents a kiss. This...
Current neoliberal capitalism, so defined by expansion and instability, is not easily reconciled with the concept of human rights. Many would argue that such extemporaneous considerations fall beyond the logic of the market and lie in the domain of t...
Current neoliberal capitalism, so defined by expansion and instability, is not easily reconciled with the concept of human rights. Many would argue that such extemporaneous considerations fall beyond the logic of the market and lie in the domain of t...
Most have but a surface-level knowledge of the difference between North and South Dakota, but the parallel does not pull through for North and South Korea, who share little, at best, but their name. Wild differences in economics and political systems...
Most have but a surface-level knowledge of the difference between North and South Dakota, but the parallel does not pull through for North and South Korea, who share little, at best, but their name. Wild differences in economics and political systems...
Last Wednesday February 12, Venezuela celebrated the National Youth Day. For the whole day, official radio and TV channels transmitted the parade organized by the government. When Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros addressed the general public...
Last Wednesday February 12, Venezuela celebrated the National Youth Day. For the whole day, official radio and TV channels transmitted the parade organized by the government. When Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros addressed the general public...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
Three years ago, no one would have believed that Egypt would soon witness another military leader holding office. After weeks of earth-shaking protests in Tahrir Square that brought the ouster of former-President Hosni Mubarak from the government, Eg...
Three years ago, no one would have believed that Egypt would soon witness another military leader holding office. After weeks of earth-shaking protests in Tahrir Square that brought the ouster of former-President Hosni Mubarak from the government, Eg...
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...
Italian Democratic Party secretary Matteo Renzi is well on his way to stardom. Earlier this year, he won his party’s primaries with a landslide victory, receiving nearly 70 percent of votes. The ex-mayor of Florence is widely expected to become the...
Italian Democratic Party secretary Matteo Renzi is well on his way to stardom. Earlier this year, he won his party’s primaries with a landslide victory, receiving nearly 70 percent of votes. The ex-mayor of Florence is widely expected to become the...
Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by Iranian feminist, Shirin Neshat. In its many exhibitions, the film is projected on opposite walls and aims to convey th...
Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by Iranian feminist, Shirin Neshat. In its many exhibitions, the film is projected on opposite walls and aims to convey th...
It was in 2006 when former Mexican President Felipe Calderon first ordered the National Army to combat the drug cartels operating in Mexico, beginning the infamous “War against Drugs”. Seven years, over 80,000 deaths and about 6,000 reported case...
It was in 2006 when former Mexican President Felipe Calderon first ordered the National Army to combat the drug cartels operating in Mexico, beginning the infamous “War against Drugs”. Seven years, over 80,000 deaths and about 6,000 reported case...
We live in troubling times. Protests, wars, coups, government corruption, crime and acts of terrorism are just some examples of the violence and pessimism that permeate global news. Despite a common belief in the boons of globalization and internatio...
We live in troubling times. Protests, wars, coups, government corruption, crime and acts of terrorism are just some examples of the violence and pessimism that permeate global news. Despite a common belief in the boons of globalization and internatio...
It has been over three years since the euphoria of Egypt’s Arab Spring. Hosni Mubarak’s rapid deposition and the groundswell of popular activism throughout the country promised a new age of democracy and peace in Egypt. Unfortunately, this did...
It has been over three years since the euphoria of Egypt’s Arab Spring. Hosni Mubarak’s rapid deposition and the groundswell of popular activism throughout the country promised a new age of democracy and peace in Egypt. Unfortunately, this did...
“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.” Ov...
“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.” Ov...