For the past week, Hong Kong has been the center of the biggest challenge against the Chinese central government since the Tiananmen...

A Greek Cypriot dairy farmer protests the government’s ruling on new standards for halloumi cheese in May, 2012. Photo by Cyprus Mail....

Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism:...

Roger Cohen wrote a recent op-ed in the New York Times lamenting what he referred to in the title of his column as “The Great...

On April 28, 2010, Florida Governor Charlie Crist left the Republican Party. His announcement came after one of the most sudden and...

It seems that campaign finance has evolved into a problem of epic proportions – at least, according to some lawmakers. “James Madison...

The primary image of Russian political leadership, in the current political climate, is that of a sultry Russian President Vladimir...

When The Economist issued its review on Ed Baptist’s The Half of the Story Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American...

On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son...

This past week, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, was lambasted in a series of articles for...

An unlikely friendship is brewing in the Republican Party between John Kasich, Republican Governor of Ohio, and Chris Christie,...

After the collapse of yet another round of US-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and yet another violent...

-Salvador Allende September 11 is a date to be remembered for more than one tragic event.  An obscure era of Chilean history began when,...

Rick Perry, Republican governor of Texas and former candidate for the United States presidency, speaking about regulation on oil and gas...

A new piece of wreckage recently floated onto the NBA’s shore, riding the waves of racism that emerged from the Donald Sterling debacle....

The obvious is treated discretely in Brazil: Two women are fighting head-to-head for the presidency, one black and one white, and yet...

In a nation founded on a premise of religious freedom, politicians are struggling with a new dimension of faith: atheism. The United...

On August 28, the California State Senate took a step to clear up convoluted college rape policy. Over the past few months, colleges...

The physical evolution of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft. Recently, the release of Assassin’s Creed: Unity by Ubisoft has again sparked...

As the August recess approached, congressional attention was seized by a slew of unexpected agenda items. The human rights crisis...