Five days after the Paris attacks, Brussels went into a citywide lockdown due to fear that one of the terrorist organizers was hiding within the city on Nov. 21. According…
Crossing the border into Germany
“It’s not a refugee crisis, but a politics crisis,” stated an education and history student at the University of Hamburg, “Refugees aren’t the problem. The war is.” During my time…
The forgotten drought in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s current drought is worse than any other it’s seen during the past 50 years. International aid is sparse because the country has been drying up slowly over time. In…
Dot: Smartwatch for the blind
The use of smartwatches has increased substantially in the recent years. Since its launch in April 2015 Apple smartwatch sales–alone–have skyrocketed to 457 percent increase last year. That is almost…
Saudi Arabia opens polling doors to Saudi women
For the first time, polling stations opened for female voter’s in Saudi Arabia to finally contribute to a society that they make up almost half. Making its mark in history…
Paris bombing: after the initial reports
The media has been nearly consumed by coverage of the Paris bombings since the Nov. 13. Now that the hype has faded, let’s review some important consequences, which may have…
Chinese meth wars and the war on drugs
China’s National Narcotics Control Commission claimed that approximately 14 million drug addicts lived in China in 2014, “a number that the agency acknowledges is a serious undercount,” according to Bloomberg…
Global refugee crisis
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday to halt President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States by 2016. With 242…
The manhunt continues
Fearing that Belgium may face the same tragedy as Paris, the city of Brussels has been on lockdown since Friday. Silence haunts the streets as officials hunt for Salah Abdeslam,…
The myth of privacy: EU lauds Snowden
While many Americans have no clue who Edward Snowden is or why he’s being pursued by the United States government, the European Union recently passed a non-binding resolution to shield…
The results are in: First Myanmar democratic election in half a century
In Myanmar’s first free election in nearly 50 years, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has won the majority vote. Aung San Suu Kyi heads the NLD, which is the…