Anne Karam

It's officially 2019, and online personalities such as Piers Morgan are still decrying the introduction of vegan options in fast food chains, even painting himself as a "vegan victim". But why? Has he never eaten vegan food, like a salad,…
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Macron's presidency delivers a programme unfamiliar to the French electorate: optimism. The French President's legislation and rhetoric illustrate his genuine belief that France is capable of progress. Facing him, however, is a population…
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On October 2nd, 2018, outspoken Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, prompting global outrage towards the Saudi government and the flagrant violation of human rights and of freedom of speech.…
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For the past year, Canada's economic relationship with the United States has had an element of uncertainty thanks to US-prompted re-negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On September 30th, 2018, an eleventh-hour…
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Up until 1973, the annual Academy Awards ceremony, where the Oscars are presented to the most talented of the movie industry, was mainly just that: an awards ceremony for glamorous people living in the bubble of wealth and fame. Then…
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In March 2016, Donald Trump, then-candidate to become the most powerful person in the world, made a shocking statement. If abortion were made illegal on the federal level in the United States, Trump said, there should be “some form of…
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More than one year after the groundbreaking Paris Agreement, environmental protection as a policy issue remains less certain than many environmentalists would hope. Despite progress in 2016 in countries around the world, such as Costa Rica…
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Every year on October 24th, women in Iceland finish their work, pack their bags, and leave work at —what might seem to some— a very peculiar, prespecified time. This October, it was 2:38 pm, or 86% of the Icelandic work day. In October of…
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In the United States and France, rising populism and extreme right tendencies are challenging two traditionally solid, yet different, electoral processes: the American two-party system and the French universal direct suffrage vote. In light…
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