The Americas Archives

Posted by Gretel Kahn on May 22, 2018 in Culture & Sport, Featured, United States | 0 comments

The Holy Constitution

A doctored image of Parkland shooting survivor and activist Emma Gonzalez ripping the US constitution went viral recently, particularly with ultra-conservative social...

¡Viva la Conservación! Learning from Cuba’s Conservation Matrix

Land, Air, Sea: Rethinking Cuba (maybe: Land, Sea, Sky?) Cuba is a nation known for embodying paradox: it has a GDP just under Angola, but a higher life expectancy than...

Posted by Austin McDougall on May 3, 2018 in Culture & Sport, Featured, United States | 0 comments

One Team, One Dream: The Current State of College Football

A major US industry has recently reached the billion-dollar-a-year threshold, thanks to the widespread popularity of its principal product. Competitors all across the...

Posted by Jose Camargo on Apr 27, 2018 in Colombia, Colombian Peace Watch, Featured |

Colombian Politics in Historical Perspective: The Unión Patriótica Party

In the 1980s, the left-winged political party Unión Patriótica (UP) emerged in Colombia. It was announced to the public after the culmination of peace negotiations...

Posted by Angello Alcazar on Apr 27, 2018 in Culture & Sport, Featured, Russia, The Americas |

Russia and Peru: A Shared History of Gender Violence

Now that there are only a few months left before Peruvians can see their national football team play in the FIFA World Cup in Russia for the first time in 36 years, it...

Posted by Juliana Riverin on Apr 23, 2018 in Europe, Featured, The Americas | 1 comment

Medieval State of Mind: The Importance of the Middle Ages to Alt-Right Rhetoric

Alt-Right rallies can sometimes take on the tone of racist Renaissance Fairs. Viking-esque shields and helmets can often be observed peppered in among the [Nazi flags...

Posted by Maddie Clark on Apr 21, 2018 in Asia Pacific, China, Featured, Foreign Policy & IR, The Americas |

Past, Present, and Future: The Monroe Doctrine

The hemispheric hegemony of the United States is not a recent or underdeveloped phenomenon. The Monroe Doctrine, which solidified the US’s claim as the ‘rightful...

Posted by Sara Syed on Apr 18, 2018 in China, Featured, United States |

Engaging Taipei: The Taiwan Travel Act

On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits between officials of the United States and Taiwan, and...

Posted by John Weston on Apr 16, 2018 in Featured, United States |

A State of Insecurity: Classified Information and the White House

Despite criticizing Hilary Clinton’s lax security practices during the 2016 Presidential campaign, the Trump White House has, ironically, consistently seen...

Posted by Emilio Rosenthal on Apr 14, 2018 in Featured, United States |

Conservatives in Crisis: PA-18

Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Democrats have ousted Republican incumbents in several state and federal elections. Democrats have flipped 39 state...