When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gathered in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 to select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it...

As the tools of modern warfare have developed from tanks and submarines to drones and satellites, one thing has stayed consistent: For...

Despite its 50-year history, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) remains one of the most misunderstood regional...

While narratives of anti-Islamic sentiments continue to dominate the American media, little airtime is given to how other parts of the...

Bee stings may hurt, but a world without bees would hurt more. The global bee population is declining at an alarming rate. Climate...

Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who descended upon our nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington, dozens –...

The ubiquity of American products abroad is hardly surprising. From Ray Bans to Nikes to Chevys, the marketplace today is truly global...

Soylent Original (2.0) is packaged in a minimalist, matte white plastic bottle – no nutrition facts, no warning labels, zero clutter....

Exactly a century ago, in 1917, myriad forces in Russia conspired to topple the Czar, overthrowing an autocratic system of government...

Undemocratic coups come in many forms. Not all of them are violent, seemingly disorganized uprisings – the ‘standard’ coup, so to speak....

Military weaponry is evolving, and we are getting closer to creating weapons systems able to make killing decisions without human...

Author’s Note: I recognize that I, as a cisgender person, have immense privilege and limited perspective and personal experience...

Home to impressive monuments such as Timbuktu and Djenné, the Sahel Region, an eco-climate zone that encompasses nations such as Sudan,...

At one point during the 2016 presidential election, 95 percent of Republicans believed that Washington and the American political system...

President Trump has been no friend of the environment. Before his election, he called global warming “a hoax” and “bullshit.” He has...

A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws sets the minimum wages in the United States. The federal minimum wage acts as the bottom...

To most lay viewers of newly-elected Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it...

Democracy has become synonymous with purity and equality around the world. Many countries around the world incorporate components of...

Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of...

In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from...