Ever party too hard? Well, what if your whole country did? That was the buzzkill facing Iceland in the 1980s and 1990s. And it wasn’t primarily an adult issue. Teens were notoriously out of control — getting inebriated routinely, and not in the stay-at-home-and-chill kind of way. As the Atlantic’s Emma Young reports, “Today, Iceland…
Venezuela: a blueprint for strife
Protesters to the opposition are covered with shields in front of the attacks of tear gas bombs that the Venezuelan National Guard fired to disperse the march destined the Ministry of Interior and Justice in the center of Caracas.May 18, 2017 – Caracas, Venezuela. Adrian Manzol/Zuma Press/PA Images. All rights reserved. Amid the tumult on…
Trump May Be The Reason More Students Are Choosing Historically Black Colleges And Universities
Thurgood Marshall. Oprah Winfrey. Toni Morrison. Spike Lee. Martin Luther King Jr. These are just some of the notable graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), which are home to many of the nation’s most brilliant scholars. HBCU graduates have not only shaped the course of history, but today, these institutions produce 90% of the nation’s black science and technology…
Join voices against the fascist cult of violence – “Long Live Life! Down with Death!”
February 10, 2018: Thousands of people protest against racism and fascism during a national demonstration in Macerata, Italy. Danilo Balducci/Press Assocation. All rights reservedLast Saturday in the centre of the Italian city of Macerata, a young man affiliated with the extreme-right opened fire on Gideon Azeke, Jennifer Otiotio, Mahmadou Touré, Wilson Kofi, Festus Omagbon and…
An NBA Coach For President? This Fake Campaign Ad Makes A Surprisingly Strong Case.
The NBA is known by casual sports fans to be a far more progressive league than any other in the United States. Coaches and players aren’t afraid to get political, and in doing so, they endear themselves to like-minded fans as leaders off the court as well as on it. Gregg Popovich stands alone as the most…
Gaza: ten years of economic blockade
Maghazi Refugee Camp. Stephen McCloskey. All rights reserved.The tenth anniversary of Israel’s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has been marked by a glut of new reports from human rights organisations alerting the world to a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory. Perhaps the starkest warning has come from the International Committee of the Red…
The business of migration control in Spain
Photo: Ilias Bartolini/Flickr. Some rights reserved. When the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel published, a few weeks ago, the complete list of the 33.293 deceased migrants identified since 1993 on their way to Europe, its goal was a very simple one: to highlight the fact that each line in that somber list "tells a story": the…
Pro Hockey Player Kaliya Johnson: Put Your Kids On The Ice. You Never Know If They’ll Fall In Love With It
Kaliya Johnson is committed to growing the game of hockey — and helping to ensure young women are a big part of its future. She just started her second season as a professional in the National Women’s Hockey League, playing as a defender with the Boston Pride. This follows a standout career with Boston College as a scholar-athlete…
How Paper Photographs Became America’s First Form Of Social Media
What would social media look like in the 1800s? Long before Instagram and Snapchat made photography an integral part of our everyday lives — and identities — picture-making in the 19th century was a social and shareable experience too. Like now, photographs provided an intimate way to document friends and loved ones, creating a lasting…
Towards Nazi Australia
An asylum seeker calls out to journalists on Papua New Guinea's Manus island, August 2013. EOIN BLACKWELL/Press Association. All rights reserved. The international trend in first world countries towards right wing populist politics is symptomatic of rising insecurity and inequality. Each context has its own specific topography whilst there are underlying dynamics that seem common…