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Dissolving gender stereotypes for children’s clothing

In an article for Fashion Studio Magazine, I previously discussed how fashion is starting to become cross-gender among adult clothing, looking at how the race to keep up with the trend of “unconventional beauty” was giv...

by Monica Lowry

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Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

China’s rapid economic interest in the African continent is quite possibly the most important trend in the Africa’s foreign relations since the end of the Cold War. In 1990 Sino-African trade hit the $1 billion mark. A deca...

by David Baas

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Damage Control

Last week, a very serious espionage allegation regarding the NSA and several ‘allied’ countries was brought to light. Over the past 12 months whistle-blowers such as Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assan...

by Nadim Souss

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Dependency On Russian Gas Makes The EU Impotent

The crisis in Ukraine has put the EU on high alert not only because of the prospect of war on its border, but also because the conflict between Ukraine and Russia threatens energy security in the rest of the continent as 30 per...

by Jan Vacula

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Vaccine Politics: Immunity Under Threat In The West

Last week we saw how the global drive to eradicate polio has suffered a serious setback due to the politicisation of vaccination efforts and prolonged violence in certain areas of the planet. However, it would be a mistake to a...

by Daniel Cavanillas

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World Food Day: Not Everybody’s Lovin’ It

With over 33,000 branches worldwide, over one million employees, an average of 58 million guests per day and an estimated annual revenue of $30 billion, it is one of the biggest and most successful transnational companies. No m...

by Lea Atzinger

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Localize This! A Camp for Progressive Changemakers

This Wednesday, about 100 young activists and changemakers from all across the United States will converge outside Seattle, on Vashon Island, to attend Backbone Campaign’s 5th annual Localize This Action Camp. The camp is hos...

by Kyle McCarthy

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Will We Ever See an Atheist in the White House?

In God We Trust, the inescapable proclamation which notoriously takes pride of place on one of the most iconic and recognisable commodities on the planet; the American dollar bill. A 2012 Gallup Poll indicated that around 82% ...

by Oscar Isham

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Gun Control: Don’t let a little thing called facts get in the way

At the height of the gun control debate in the United States earlier this year, the middle-sized country of Australia was getting a lot more mentions than was normal. I happened to find myself in the middle of this peculiar si...

by Trudy McIntosh

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Dissolving gender stereotypes for children’s clothing

Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

Damage Control

Dependency On Russian Gas Makes The EU Impotent

Vaccine Politics: Immunity Under Threat In The West

World Food Day: Not Everybody’s Lovin’ It

Localize This! A Camp for Progressive Changemakers

Will We Ever See an Atheist in the White House?

Gun Control: Don’t let a little thing called facts get in the way

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