by Luke Drabyn | 13 Feb 2017 | Europe, Nationalism, Politics, Ukraine, United States
Donald Trump shocked Europeans when he called NATO “obsolete.” But the threat the continent faces from Russia is not conventional war. Estonian soldiers during NATO exercise near Vilnius, Lithuania, 2 December 2016.(EPA/Olivier Hoslet) Is Donald Trump...
by Nelson Graves | 1 Feb 2017 | Americas, United States, Women
By Nelson Graves Are you worried that Donald Trump will curtail civil liberties and undercut democratic institutions in the United States? Well, his election could also have profound implications for democracy and human rights in the rest of the world, where...
by News Decoder | 22 Jan 2017 | Europe, Nationalism, United States, Women
By Charlotte Crang On Saturday, I marched through London with women, ranging from little girls to pensioners, and their supporters. I was one of millions around the world who took to the streets to stand up for women’s rights and human dignity — the day...
by News Decoder | 9 Jan 2017 | Africa, Europe, Human Rights, Nationalism, Student Posts
By Tania Bagan The Mediterranean Sea is the most traveled, deadliest migration route on Earth. Last year, 5,079 migrants lost their lives trying to cross the world’s third-largest sea — 34 percent more than in 2015, according to the Missing Migrants Project....
by News Decoder | 5 Jan 2017 | Economy, Europe, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
By John Selkowitz When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it marked the end of Communism in a nation that had been one of its strongest global advocates. It also marked a new reality: that a coalition of liberal democracies led by the United States had emerged...