Why The World Shall Worry About Ethiopia’s Crisis
As the news feed arrives instantly, a grave humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia. Once again, it needs the world’s attention. According to the Crisis Group, Africa’s second-most populous country is at risk of collapsing again. After a year-long clash between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and government forces,
Not Just A Textbook: The Impact Of History Education In The United States
Education is a vital aspect in ensuring a progressive and adaptable society. In the United States, education about the country’s past has been an uncomfortable topic, especially because of the racial conversations that are necessary to encourage a comprehensive understanding of historical events. Unfortunately, because of this division, American history
Why We Need Clean-Climate Tech Start-Up’s To Reach Zero Emissions
The UN Climate Summit, COP26, recently came to an end in Glasgow, and with it was the future compromise of nearly 200 countries to hold more meetings. Global North countries acknowledged their moral and legal obligation to help more at-risk countries, particularly those already seeing climate damage. Many key countries’
Facebook Fueling Violence And Instability Across The Globe
Recent revelations show that Facebook has been fueling violence and instability across the globe. As algorithms amplify divisive content and moderating efforts prove ineffective or otherwise negligent, hate speech proliferates across the social media platform. Although Facebook was well aware of these “real world” harms, the company willingly disregarded them
Journalists Assaulted And Detained At Belarusian Border
On the 16th of November, two photojournalists, Maciej Moskwa and Maciej Nabrdalik, along with their colleague from the Czech Republic, traveled to Wiejki, a Polish village close to the border of Belarus. The three reporters traveled with the assignment to take pictures of the ongoing migrant crisis at the Belarus-Poland
LAC Food Systems: Contextualizing Recent COP26 Talks
I. Introduction In late October at COP26, the government of Honduras and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) jointly agreed to pursue financing for climate-smart investments in the Honduran agricultural sector (for more information, see Grant Whittington’s article, “COP26 Results in a New Opportunity for Smallholder Farmers in Central America.”)
Feminism And The Scope Of Social Policy
Social policy: a comprehensive mechanism used to create systemic change. Research into the formation of social policy focuses on policies which impact the “distribution of and access to goods and resources,” aiming to improve people’s wellbeing and create an equitable standard of life. In the case of New Zealand’s democracy,
Demonstration Protesting Military Government In Sudan Ends In Fifteen Deaths And A Shallow Peace-Sharing Agreement
Fifteen people were fatally shot and dozens were wounded during a protest against military rule in Sudan. Protesters in the cities of Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman demanded that the military leaders of the coup on October 25th of this year be put on trial and for the government to cede
Canada And Indigenous Sovereignty: The Case Of The C.G.L. Pipeline
Last Sunday, members of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation reissued an eviction notice enforcing Coastal GasLink (C.G.L.) pipeline workers’ evacuation from the nation’s traditional lands. The clan gave eight hours of leeway for workers at two work camps along the Morice River Forest Service Road outside Houston, British
India’s Resurgence Of Covid-19, A Perfect Storm?
COVID-19 is a biological phenomenon that, like the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, came as a surprise to the vast majority of the world’s population, quickly infecting people. Within a few short months, it became known as a global pandemic. The pandemic was caused by the specific SARS-COV2 virus. COVID-19’s
Where Placards Fail… Personal Responsibility And Climate Change
As talks at COP26 come to a close, a draft deal has been published, committing to ending coal and fossil fuel use, aid to vulnerable nations, as well as a stipulation that all countries submit long-term strategies to reach net-zero carbon emissions by early next year. A final deal, however,
Rape Culture in Latin America
On October 29th, the BBC reported on the case of an 11-year-old Bolivian girl who became pregnant after being raped continuously for several months by a family member. The case has unleashed a ‘fierce debate between human rights activists and the Catholic church in Bolivia’, as religious groups attempt to
The Inefficacy Of Sanctions
This past weekend, President Joe Biden imposed a new set of sanctions on Iran. This comes as he and other European leaders set out to discuss the potential easing of sanctions during the G-20 global finance conference in Rome. The leaders made it clear that they would not lift sanctions
Burkina Faso Reckons With Civilian Massacres
On Monday, November 1st, 10 civilians were executed by armed militants and four others are believed to have been kidnapped. According to government sources, the civilians were intercepted by unidentified, armed men on their way to the market town of Markoye. The recent attack adds to the growing number that
American Sweatshops? The Normalization Of Child Labor In The United States
Child labor is making an unwelcome comeback in the United States. Restaurants, amusement parks, industry groups, Republican and occasionally even Democratic politicians are citing the COVID-19-induced “labor shortage” as an excuse to hire teens to work harder and longer than ever before. In Wisconsin, which already replaced “child labor” with
