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Trump’s Penthouse Populism and the Republican Tax Plan…
A year into the Trump administration, the Republican Party is on track to enact a major overhaul of the US…
North Korean and American Relations: A Chinese Balancing…
This past Wednesday, North Korea once again completed a successful testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile…
Schoolyard Bullying: The Erosion of Venezuelan Academia
For the past decade, Venezuela has been in a continuous downward spiral, with intense supply shortages, political…
Anthony Clark: Rescuing Congress
Anthony Clark, an Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRF) teacher, announced last spring that he would be…
Intimate Connection with CANAN’s Exhibition…
CANAN is the persona of Turkish-Kurdish artist, feminist, and activist who was born with the name Canan Şahin. Born…
THЭ VЭRΔICT: The Case of Irianna VL, Part 2
For Part 1 of this story: https://www.mironline.ca/thэ-vэrδict-case-irianna-v-l/
This two part story of justice…
The Purge: Oil and the Angolan Economy
Lourenco has begun puring is cabinet of Dos Santos loyalists. Will this help end the corruption plaguing the…
Imprisoning the Artist But Not the Art: The Persecution…
In July 2016, Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan was imprisoned for her problematic art and social media…
#NoCopAcademy: Misguided Solutions for the CPD
This past summer, Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel made a proposal for a new $95 million police and firefighter training…
“¿Por qué no te callas?”: Venezuela’s…
In 1527, Spanish conquistador Juan Martínez de Ampiés sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to help establish one of the…
Screening of The Box Depicts Refugee Life as a Child
This Tuesday, Boğaziçi University held a screening of the short animation The Box: A Syrian Story, which…
Mustang: A Fictional Telling of Female Struggle in…
One Turkish film that has received prominent international exposure is Mustang (2015), which tells a powerful story…