International Political Forum


 
Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Video & Photography

Somewhere In America…

If you haven’t already seen this video then you need to stop EVERYTHING you are doing right now. Watch it. I can guarantee it will be the most powerful thing you will watch this year! The video is of three American teenag...
by Rebecca Shearer
0
Full Story »

 
 
Russia

Ukraine On The Edge of Civil War

The situation in the Eastern Ukraine is creating a concern among Western leaders, especially in central Europe and Baltic states. It is constantly changing. The pro-Russian separatist groups create chaos on streets of Donetsk,...
by Mateusz Krupczyński
2
Full Story »

 
 

Palestinian Artists Transform Gaza Destruction Into Symbols of Resistance

As the fighting in Gaza continues, the news – and particularly our social media channels – continue to be filled with images of war, destruction and suffering. As the death toll rises every day and the blame game ...
by Priyanka Mogul
0
Full Story »

 

 
Health

Matt Damon’s (Toilet Water) Bucket Challenge Highlights Sanitation Issues

Over the last couple of weeks the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has created a storm on social media, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves being soaked in ice water as a campaign to create awareness about the am...
by Priyanka Mogul
0
Full Story »

 
 
North America

Too Close For Comfort: One Family Managed Group Of For-Profit Colleges’ Curious Relationship With Former Preferred Lender

For the past few years, Globe Education Network schools have faced intense scrutiny for, among other things, their high price tag, poor graduation rates, leaving students deep in debt, and even consumer fraud. Today, the Globe ...
by Kyle McCarthy
0
Full Story »

 
 

Eaten to Extinction: Asia’s Appetite for the Endangered

A big step has been made in the fight against the illegal animal trade. The sixteenth conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), held in the Southeast Asian hub of Bangkok this March, ann...
by Neil Andrews
2
Full Story »

 

 

Water Stewardship: Bringing Together Business And Conservation

Water is the earth’s most precious resource. Though we live on a ‘blue planet’, less than one per cent of water is actually accessible as freshwater. Water is essential to human survival, to the natural environment, to th...
by Alexis McGivern
0
Full Story »

 
 
Human Rights

From Anti-Homeless Spikes To Anti-Homeless Cages

The issue of homelessness is a tricky one to address. There isn’t only one cause that lands someone on the streets, and there definitely isn’t only one solution to getting them off the streets. Homelessness has been...
by Priyanka Mogul
0
Full Story »

 
 
International Political Forum

The Cult Of Saint Death: When Jesus Can’t Help.

The Vatican rarely acknowledges the various cults which spring up from time to time around the world, so when Cardinal Ravasi travelled to Mexico City to speak at several specially organised events in the Metropolis, it became ...
by L.
0
Full Story »