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Re-thinking Canadian and US Immigration Policy
Among the top 10 immigrant-friendly nations include Canada and the United States, unsurprisingly, as both of these…
Global Giving and the Contradictions of Elite…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made headlines when he and his wife, Mackenzie Bezos, donated $33 million to finance the…
World Cup Dreams: The Politics of Football
Note: The author of this article will refer to the sport known as soccer to many Americans as football.
The…
Trans Erasure: The Obsession with Binaries
As Pakistani society progresses and evolves, the perception and treatment of the transgender community remains…
The Imperial Imam: Islam, Empire, and the Diplomacy of…
The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been shaped by its revolutionary, Shia Islamist and imperial…
The Jasmine Revolution: Seven Years Later
Seven years after Tunisians fought to depose longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, a revolution that…
McMUN 2018: The Era of Good Feelings
Throughout McMUN 2018, the specialized agency Era of Good Feelings: The Monroe Administration was in full debate.…
5 Years After the Airpocalypse: Reviewing Chinese…
The beginning of 2013 marked the apex of China’s environmental problem. The government began publishing official…
Does Iranian Activism Stand a Chance?
In recent years, Iran has been no stranger to political strife and friction. With the success of Ayatollah…
MIR Meets McMUN: President Anastasia Rewers-Kusiak
In our final MIR Meets video from McMUN 2018, Anastasia Rewers-Kusiak discusses partnering with the International…
First in Flight, Last in Freedom: The Worrying State of…
In July 2015, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles started offering an alternative to the “First…
The Never-Ending Fight to Save Chicago Schools
The City of Chicago, led by Rahm Emmanuel, shut down 50 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2013. In the five years…