by Bernd Debusmann Jr | 9 Feb 2017 | Americas, United States
Mexico has begun exploring its options in dealing with Donald Trump. And it has some cards up its sleeve. Wax figures of Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico City, 1 February 2017(EPA/Alex Cruz) Mexico has begun exploring its options in...
by News Decoder | 8 Feb 2017 | Americas, Personal Reflections, United States
By Robert Holloway It is the year 2242. A small group of people emerge from a battered bus in the morning twilight. They walk across barren ground towards a white concrete wall that stretches left and right as far as the eye can see. They are thin and shabbily...
by Alexandra Wells | 6 Feb 2017 | School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States, Women
Donald Trump tapped into racism to win the White House. But I assert my identity — Middle Eastern, Jewish, female — and will fight to succeed despite prejudice. Hannah Shraim, 17, affixes her hijab, Germantown, Maryland, U.S., 13 May 2016.(AP...
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 Nadia Dala | 26 Jan 2017 | Americas, Human Rights, United States, Women
(Source: Dutch Public Broadcasting) We continue to receive reflections from our correspondents and youth ambassadors now that Donald Trump has become U.S. president. Here are the three latest contributions. “I am afraid the election of Trump has marked a...