Student Escorted off a Plane for Speaking Arabic
Today Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, an Iraqi student in California, claims that he was removed off of a Southwest Airlines flight because he was …
Nationalism and State-Run Media in Zimbabwe
State media plays an incredibly important role in Zimbabwean current political climate, as President Mugabe’s controversial election in 2013 has lead to …
Earthquakes Today
Today, the media is overwhelmed with talks of war and manmade destruction, things that are done to people by people. While fighting …
Techniques or Torture?
In light of our upcoming Model Diplomacy project, I thought the U.S. approved ‘enhanced interrogation tactics’, which were implemented after 2001 9/11 …
Brazil’s President on the Brink of Impeachment
Today, Brazil’s lower house of Congress has been voting whether the current president, Dilma Rousseff, will have to move forward in the …
French Film Festival: Hope – Immigration and Prostitution
During the French Film Festival, another film that was shown was titled Hope. This film illustrated many themes, the most noticeable of which were …
French Film Festival – Human
At the weekend of the French Film Festival, a three hour film titled Human had its North American premier. This film provided …
Industrial Agriculture and the Problems in our Global Food System
Our current global food system and the majority of American farmland is dominated by industrial agriculture, a system that focuses on “chemically …
Notes from Speech by the NATO Secretary General
Notes from Conversation with Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg Antone Christianson-Galina- Ritz Carlton April 6, 2016 Main Challenges: Revanchist Russia, …
EU-Turkey Migrant Deal
Under the new EU-Turkey migrant deal, Greece is beginning to return migrants to Turkey despite the criticisms and controversy surrounding the arrangement. Beginning …