I See Fire – Account of a National Tragedy
I was swimming when I first heard about the fires. I had decided to capitalize on a free weekend, and took a ferry to enjoy the islands my country was so famed for....
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Review’s Radio: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy, 18 Years Later: An Interview with Dr. João Goulão
In 2001, Portugal took an unorthodox approach to address its drug crisis. Instead of waging a costly war on drugs and targetting users and dealers, it decided to...
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Austria’s Integration Problem
After Chancellor Sebastian Kurz won the Austrian elections in December 2017 and formed the coalition between the center-right People’s Party (OVP) and the far-right...
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The Problems with Teaching U.S. Culture: My Experiences Teaching ESL in France
Globalization is often understood in economic and political terms, where success is a measure of international connectivity and the reach of these relations. Despite...
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Who are We Without EU?
March 29th marked the start of the one year countdown to Brexit day, when the United Kingdom is set to begin to withdraw from the European Union. The outcome of the...
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The Skripal Case: When Claiming the Moral High Ground Becomes Evidence
On April 3rd, Gary Aitkenhead, Porton Down’s Chief Executive, declared that the chemical research facility had been unable to verify whether the nerve agent used on...
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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...
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Putin’ out the Kemerovo Fire
March 25th, 2018; Kemerovo, Russia. A fire at the Winter Cherry Complex saw many families broken, and from the ashes of the four-story building arose fiery rage over...
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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...
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Should England Boycott The World Cup?
In the aftermath of ex-KGB agent Sergei Skripal’s poisoning in Salisbury, there have been widespread calls within the Westminister to boycott the upcoming 2018...
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