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Israel and Iran: The Love Story that Keeps Spreading

In April 2012, I went to Israel and I interviewed Ronny Edri in his home in the residential backstreets of Tel Aviv. Ronny is a 41 year old graphic designer and ex-paratrooper from Israel who stumbled upon viral success and g...
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Teacher Quality and Preparedness in US Education

Educational reform is a topic of much debate in American society. Whether you are watching a political debate, surfing the headlines of CNN, or at a dinner party with friends, everyone has an opinion on what is wrong with educ...
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Human Rights

WATCH: The Fight for Food

Each year, an estimated one third of all food produced, an astounding 1.3 billion tonnes, ends up in bins and landfill sites, or is lost due to inadequate pre and post harvest techniques or poor transportation practice...
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North America

The death of meaning in American rhetoric

The actual role of the Bill of Rights relative to American political activity is often a misconceived concept in contemporary thought. One might find an observer commenting, “The government gives me the right of free speech...
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Human Rights

Making ‘Invisible Women’ Visible

Thanks to its pull as a global hub of trade, finance and technology, London has a huge pull for economic migrants, from both within and outside of the country. Foreign workers in London are particularly concentrated in certai...
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North America

Guns: The New Socio-Economic Divide in America?

With the ongoing debate surrounding gun control permeating the American public sphere since the tragic Newton, Conneticut shooting in December, the National Rifle Association (NRA) recently fired back with a highly propagan...
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Human Rights

The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 1: An Overview

Slag, skag-head, hooker, ho, trafficked, trapped, bullied, abused… The visions created by the mention of prostitution – and the levels of compassion or contempt they illicit – can vary wildly from one person to the n...
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North America

Obama, Climate Change, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

There is growing pressure on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline extension, which, when complete, will transport crude oil from tar sands in Alberta down to various refineries in the United States. On February ...
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The Press Needs to be Free(ish)

The Leveson Inquiry, set up as a result of the indiscretions of News International, has led to an increase in public doubt in journalistic integrity. According to a poll published by YouGov for the Media Standards Trust in 201...
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