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HB 40: Saving Abortion Access in Illinois
Last week, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 40 into law. HB 40 expands public funding for abortions…
Cross-Border Blues: Asylum Seekers Leaving the U.S. for…
Since the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, the world has been captivated by the whirlwind of…
Impunity and Machismo: Femicide Epidemic in Mexico
On the night of Thursday September 8, 19-year-old political science student Mara Fernanda Castillo went out…
Law and Justice and Hate Crime: Will the UN Change…
On September 22nd 2017, the Human Rights Council at the UN Headquarters in Geneva adopted Universal Periodic Review…
Japan’s Decades-Long Dominant Party Gets a…
On September 17, Japanese media outlets buzzed with speculation that Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was preparing to…
Conflicting Interests: A Power Vacuum Remains in Libya
After a 42-year reign of mostly iron-fisted dictatorship, many Libyans hoped that Muammar Gaddafi’s capture…
THЭ VЭRΔICT
From the moment of their inception, laws stretch out into every street and crevice of a country and cast their…
Protesting the Powerful: Art & Resistance in Turkey
Turkey’s history is no stranger to public clashes between the government and its people over…
The 19th Communist Party Congress: A Test for Xi Jinping
In mid-October, about 2,300 delegates will gather in Beijing for the 19th Party Congress. Held every 5 years, the…
Winds of Change: Angola’s Political Zeitgeist
Perhaps no country better exemplifies the resource curse than Angola: although the country has vast natural wealth…
One Country…Two Systems? A Question of Autonomy in…
On September 20th of 2017, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam pushed for an end to the claims of…
The Nuclear Kingdom
On September 14th, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, colloquially termed North Korea, threatened to sink…