President Obama was a celebrity even before he ran for president. In 2007, comedy site Barely Political’s music video “Crush on Obama,”...

“War” is a loaded term in Germany. It comes as no surprise, then, that ever since the end of World War II, German voters have been...

When you place a pod of ready-to-brew coffee into one of Keurig’s squat, iconic machines and press the ‘go’ button, you can be sure of a...

This past February, President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 National Security Strategy. The document stresses “international order,”...

It isn’t unusual for the president’s words to be analyzed and criticized. The propensity of Americans to routinely invoke their First...

One of the many complex repercussions of Japan’s turbulent 1960s, the abduction of Japanese civilians by North Korea, is still a potent...

On February 10, 2015, three college students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were shot dead. Deah Barakat was a 23-year-old student at...

South African President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address February 12 was largely overshadowed by the violence that erupted during...

Throughout his presidency, and especially during 2014, President Obama has made a concerted effort to connect to young voters through...

Need to use a public restroom? If you live in Florida, that might soon be a criminal act, depending on who you are. On February 4th,...

The pursuit of transitional justice has proven to be a very problematic process in different forms and degrees throughout post-communist...

Jonathan Chait’s recent article in New York Magazine asserts that “political correctness” is the downfall of political discourse....

On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,”...

Last February, Cornell University’s LGBTQ student group Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (DASH) sent a letter to LGBTQ groups at Ivy...

With growing alarm regarding climate change in the new millenium, the United States has energized efforts to utilize clean energy...

It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is...

On January 19, Brown announced a review of its alcohol and social event policies and put into place an interim policy “prohibiting...

As U.S. politicians and activists push towards a new era of immigration reform, they must consider America’s fastest growing population,...

The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that...

While people across the world celebrated the New Year, the people of Lithuania changed more than just their calendars. As of January 1,...