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DNAinfo: The End of a Local News Era
Last week, billionaire Joe Ricketts announced that he was shutting down the media conglomerate DNAinfo-Gothamist,…
Nil Yalter’s Art and the Refugee Crisis in Turkey
Nil Yalter is hardly a new name in the world of contemporary art; from issues of feminism to immigration,…
Angolan Media: The Propaganda Machine
Despite the fact that "freedom of the press" is loosely protected in the Angolan Constitution, the former…
A Cautionary Tale of Amazon HQ2
Last week, Chicago formally submitted a bid to house Amazon’s second headquarters, HQ2. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and…
Separate Worlds Collide: How Venezuela’s Life is…
To many, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela exist in totally separate worlds. One is a desert-covered Arab nation,…
Turkey’s Cartoonists Under Fire, Freedom of Speech…
In the beginning of January 2015, an attack that took place in the office of satirical magazine Charlie…
THЭ VЭRΔICT: The Dima Yakovlev Law
The Dima Yakovlev Law: Orphans, Abuse and Political Stratagem
July 8th 2008: Dimitri Yakovlev, renamed…
Saving Illinois Elections: Campaign Finance Reform
Last week, Ameya Pawar, alderman from the 47th ward of Chicago, dropped out of the Illinois Democratic primary…
The Walls of Venezuela: How Millions of Venezuelans are…
As reported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), worldwide displacement has hit an all-time high. With instances like…
The Biennial at Istanbul Modern: Lacking In Locality
This weekend, I had the chance to go to one of Istanbul’s most prestigious art shows, the Istanbul…
Ai Weiwei’s Political Artistry: Good Fences Make Good…
Human rights advocate and renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has not only taken the contemporary art movement by…
Combating Corruption: The Insidious Influence of Jose…
The incumbent president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, is no stranger to politics. Born in Portuguese Angola in 1954, he…