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Finding a Middle Way: Reconciling Religion with Politics…
As of September 2017, Turkish school curriculums will no longer teach Darwin’s widely accepted Theory of Evolution.…
The Horn of Africa: Black Rhino conservation in Kenya…
The State of Rhinos in Africa
Global rhino populations today are a tenth of what they were at the…
Saving Illinois Elections: Campaign Finance Reform
Last week, Ameya Pawar, alderman from the 47th ward of Chicago, dropped out of the Illinois Democratic primary…
Uganda’s Refugee Paradise
A quick Google search into Uganda’s refugee policy and you will find yourself eye-to-eye with the world’s most…
Puerto Rico: The Forgotten Territory
Tragedies should never go unnoticed, particularly not if the tragedy is of the magnitude which Puerto Rico faced…
Not So Sharif: “Fontgate”, Praetorianism and…
The resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his family’s offshore wealth revealed by the Panama Paper leaks…
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…
Take a Knee: NFL Protests and the Concept of…
The eyes of Sunday football-goers have been on more than just the game since the start of this NFL season.…
An Overview of the 2017 Montreal Mayoral Election
When Montrealers head to the polls on November 5th to cast their ballots in the municipal elections, it will mark…
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…
A Day Inside Myanmar’s Unremarkable Parliament
55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d'état in which the…
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…