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Madagascar: Why I’m Not Giving Up On Politicians (Yet)
On October 25, 2013, my home country of Madagascar will finally be electing a new president. In recent years the citizens of Madagascar have witnessed their economy plunge into the abyss, its natural resources pillaged. Accor...
WATCH: Mapping Out Global Slavery in 2013
We tend to talk about slavery as a thing of the past, a dark passage of history that is long gone. This is far from reality. According to the Global Slavery Index 2013, released by the Walk Free Foundation on 17 October 2013, a...
WATCH: Dear Straight People…
The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law has estimated in 2011 that there are 9 million Americans who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. The Huffington Post has reported that a recent study ha...
Unfinished Exodus? The Jewish Community of Iran
The Middle East has always been home to vibrant Jewish communities, whose history in the region dates back more than 3,000 years. Despite occasional bouts of tension, Jews were generally permitted to practice their religion pea...
Wrestling with the Far-Right: Greece, Europe, and Neo-Fascism
On The 18th of September, Giorgos Roupakias, a member of Golden Dawn, stabbed the anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssass in the heart. Events have moved rapidly since the brutal street murder. Six MPs including its leader Nikos M...
WATCH: The Syrian Puppets of Freedom
Demonstrations calling for freedom at the heart of the palace of Bashar al-Assad (or Bisho, as a sarcastic nickname); puppets taking the forms of children, martyrs, shabbiha, and freedom fighters; a dictator screaming, “I am ...
