Rachel Nirenberg

Late last Sunday, after a full day of reviewing the results of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, Christine Elliot emerged from her campaign headquarters to concede the race to winner Doug Ford. Ford, who had declared…
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In August, Kenyans went to the polls to elect their president and parliament. The election, set to be a race between Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent, and Raila Odinga, the leader of the opposition coalition, was expected to be competitive,…
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For American, and some Canadian, diplomats stationed in Cuba, the last year has been one of confusion, fear, and dismay. As many as fifty diplomats have become sick with a mysterious illness. The attacks seem to have been targeted – despite…
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Since 1979, the United States State Department has kept a list of what it calls “state sponsors of terrorism.” According to the State Department, these countries have “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism." Such a…
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“Kenyans want us to succeed,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s recently re-elected incumbent president, said to reporters following his win in August. The election, which boasted extraordinarily high voter turnout (around 78% of eligible voters…
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In August 2016, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia had an announcement to make to the people of Colombia and to the world. Finally, after over five decades of bitter warfare and four years of negotiation, Colombia’s government had…
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