It is not everyday that a student publication gets banned. It is even rarer that a university decides to wholesale ban all student media. But that is exactly what the students of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics have to deal with.
The U.N. mission to help those in need is contradicted by their actions in leaking human waste infected with cholera into an important water source for the people of Haiti. The lack of transparency and utter lack of regard for the rights of Haitian people has proven that the U.N. is not fulfilling its purposes and is only delegitimizing the values it “seeks to promote”.
“Huawei” — The name at the center of the trade war between the United States and China, and the foremost player in the battle over 5G. While much of the discourse around 5G has surrounded the United States and China, Europe is primed to become the central battleground.
The United States has been at war in Afghanistan longer than any other U.S. military conflict and spent more than the Marshall Plan on aid in Afghanistan. Despite three presidencies calling to end the war swiftly, American soldiers are still in Afghanistan with no clear exit strategy.
Even though Hong Kongers, regardless of political affiliation, uniformly believe that the rule of law is being challenged, pro-government and anti-government camps conceive “rule of law” vastly differently, and the schism between conceptions has resulted in disparate stances towards the protests.
The United States’ withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership did not hinder trade in the Asia-Pacific region — instead, the emergence of the TPP’s successor agreement signified a continued commitment by powers in the region to ensure trade liberalization. More importantly, the withdrawal weakened its strategic ties in the region and opened the door for countries like China to further increase their influence there.
Democracy thrives when people show in public how different their beliefs are; disagreement makes our ideological fault lines clearer, giving people more ability to position themselves according to their needs and values.
Suspected of selling beef, Kalantus Barla was beaten to death by a mob of vigilantes in Jharkhand, India. While there have still been no arrests or convictions in the case, the alleged culprits were members of Bajrang Dal, a Hindu militant organization that espouses Hindutva, the philosophy that India ought to be a Hindu homeland, governed according to the principles of that religion.
2020 will mark the first time that millennials will constitute a larger portion of the electorate than baby boomers, presenting an opportunity for female voters aged 18-24 to flex their political muscles — that is, if they decide to show up.
Sex education in America is not as controversial as it seems ... but since Americans do not all agree on the best way to do it, sex-ed legislation is most effective when approached at the state or local level.
