The Female Consciousness: Femicide in Honduras
Though the “female consciousness” refers to the ability of women from varying backgrounds to speak personally of what life is like for women in their particular culture, I believe that an important part of this consciousnes...
In Defence Of The Union
It is the responsibility of any academic or author to clearly lay out one’s biases, be they the products of conscious deliberation, or a consequence of one’s birth. I am a Scot, born in Aberdeen, but have lived in England f...
COP19: Filipino typhoon encore
For the second year in a row, UN climate change negotiations take place in the wake of a typhoon striking the Philippines. Last year at the COP18 in Doha, the Filipino climate commissioner, Naderev (otherwise known as Yeb) Sañ...
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 ...
Red scars and reconstruction: A life in the day of Samithy Chhom, survivor of the Khmer Rouge
Samithy Chhom was growing up a ward of the Royal Household when Phnom Penh fell to the armed forces of the Khmer Rouge. The year was 1975, and the capture of the capital saw the culmination of Pol Pot’s seven year nationwide ...
