The Modern Tax Haven
The stage has been set: the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the working population upon which we depend on to prop up our social nets is dwindling. The four horsemen are coming.
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Opinion: Why Environmental Progress Will Not Come From International Cooperation
As the international system has proven to be incompatible with top-down environmental agreements, solutions to climate change must be pursued through the bottom-up approach of capitalist innovation.
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Dirty Money, Dirty Water: Oil on Trial in the Amazon
In the shadow of the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous communities of Ecuador's Amazon are struggling to find justice as they live through the consequences of the country's largest oil spill in over a decade.
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MIR Meets: Chris Gibbs
Contributor Mathieu Lavault sits down with Chris Gibbs, an experienced soybean farmer from Western Ohio and the former chair of his county Republican party. Having worked at the United States Department of Agriculture for many…
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Presidential Narcissism: Ego in the Empty Suit
Taking on a political position is sometimes referred to as moving into ‘service’, which entails a level of self-sacrifice. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Too often, we are taken by narcissistic politicians, who do not hold any…
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Gene-editing and International Law: A Bioethical Debate
There exists extensive debate on the ethics of making changes to human DNA. Today, these conversations remain largely speculative given the state of current CRISPR/Cas9 technology. However, in light of the birth of the allegedly…
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Political Realignment in Ireland?
At the general election to the Dáil Éireann on February 4, 2020, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were overtaken in the popular vote for the first time by another political party, the left-wing Sinn Féin. Ireland is clearly undergoing political…
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MIR Meets: Daryl Davis
In this episode of MIR Meets, contributor Mathieu Lavault sits down with Daryl Davis, a renowned black musician with a unique interest in infiltrating hate groups. Having converted over 200 KKK members to leave and denounce…
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Spotlight: Tour de Virus
This week on Spotlight, host Naomi Shi sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Sajneet Mangat, to discuss her two-part series titled “Tour de Virus”, where she analyzes how the bicycle is an inherently political symbol and why it represents…
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Hong Kong: The Forgotten Revolution
In the context of massive protests against the extradition amendment bill, many feared that this law was yet another attempt by the Chinese government to crush dissent and put an end to a potential popular uprising, as the outlined clauses…
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