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The Western idea of nature being separate from culture once dominated the field of conservation development.  Now, a different approach is taking the stage: community-based conservation arose through the dialogue with local communities that…
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There has always been an inherent connection between sports and politics. In 19th century Britain, there was a movement known as "muscular Christianity” that emphasized the importance of schoolyard games and bolstering fair play to mold…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_i9fw43Moo Consider the above monologue from Aaron Sorkin’s short-lived The Newsroom, worth watching in full, my de facto manifesto for the continued importance of the Fourth Estate in this tumultuous time…
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On January 21st of this year, Sean Spicer deliberately lied when discussing the audience present at President Trump’s inauguration. He claimed that it was, “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and…
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Authoritarian regimes and resource cursed economies are themes Latin American countries have tried to confine to history, but Venezuela’s slow-burning crisis has displayed an inability to move beyond these neo-colonial trends. Now, the…
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“Not another one!” exclaimed Brenda from Bristol. Captured in a viral video, this reaction was in response to the snap election that Prime Minister Theresa May has recently called, just two years after the last general election in 2015.…
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The world took a sigh of relief as a young new leader emerged from the 2017 French presidential election: Emmanuel Macron. It is important to note that, although the independent candidate passed by 66.1% vs 33.9%, this is still in no way a…
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The Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, which culminates on May 27, 2017, will result in the selection of a new leader for the Official Opposition. The race features 14 candidates who each believe that they present the best…
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On May 9th, South Koreans elected Moon Jae-in, a liberal candidate, to succeed Park Geun-hye’s conservative government. This election was a significant turn away from what could have threatened South Korean democracy once again. For half a…
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The reputation of South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, has gone steadily downhill since the country began “flirting with recession” in 2016. The extent to which Zuma is responsible for South Africa’s current economic “junk status,”…
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