When Hunger Becomes Deadly: Drought and Famine in Somalia
This year is déjà vu for the United Nations and aid workers worldwide. Perhaps the familiarity of a preventable disaster is reason enough to be alarmed, yet the international community remains slow to respond. A decade-long struggle with…
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Geo-engineering and Our Uncertain Future
It is probable that, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming, humanity will deliberately engage in a large-scale manipulation of environmental processes that affect the Earth’s climate. This could well be one of the most…
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Giving Kids a Chance: Chance the Rapper Supports Chicago Public Schools
A few weeks ago, Chance the Rapper made national headlines after meeting with Governor Rauner, of Illinois, to discuss funding for Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the largest school district in Illinois and the third largest in the United…
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Professor Megan Bradley on Forced Migration & The Global Refugee Crisis
MIR is pleased to present the latest video in our semester-long video series, Multiculturalism in the Age of Trump:
McGill political science and international development professor Megan Bradley (PhD, Oxford) speaks to us on forced…
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For A Multi-Speed Europe
The European Union has been able to collectively breathe a little easier following this past Wednesday's Dutch elections, where nationalist populist Geert Wilders significantly underperformed expectations, guaranteeing another term for…
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Dr. Feelbad: The Terrible Trend of Bombing Hospitals
As any reader familiar with apocalyptic fiction would know, crimes against humanity are the norm in war. In the books and movies that define the genre, hospitals are bombed, scores of refugees pour from decimated provinces, and civilians…
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“Winning Without Leading” – The Populists Can’t Lose
This could be the year that changes Europe as we know it. With federal elections slated for the next twelve months in some of the EU’s key members, the region could find itself under very different leadership with much different plans from…
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Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Cultural Context or a Devastating Step Backwards
The Bangladeshi government recently passed a law described by Human Rights Watch as a “devastating step backward," that would allow child marriage to occur under “special circumstances." The law still requires the approval of Bangladesh's…
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G(ouging)O(ur)P(oor)
The 1956 Republican Party platform calls for “reductions in taxes with particular consideration for low and middle income families,” brags about Eisenhower’s minimum wage increases, and calls for the strengthening of programs like social…
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The Punisher’s Punishment: The Effectiveness of the Death Penalty in the Philippines
In the Philippines, the war on drugs still rages on. Reports on the deaths and killings related to the drug trade have become an almost a daily occurrence in the media. Aside from letting extrajudicial killings committed by the police…
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