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Human Rights

Without a home, without a solution: Short-term fixes won’t solve the world’s refugee crises

Recently, a destabilising and disturbing trend has been proliferating throughout all corners of the globe. This year has seen record numbers of refugees fleeing economic hardship, political prosecution, and vicious attacks in c...
by Jamal Russell Black
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Human Rights

INFOGRAPHIC: The growing threat of cyber crime

Recently, an Uber user reported that a hacker ran up a $4500 bill on his bank account. Uber users around the world are claiming that hackers are successfully stealing their passwords and taking their money. Surprisingly, thousa...
by Danny Burns
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Iraq
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Iraq, ISIS, And The War On Terror: Why We Must Face This Threat Head On

In 2004, the BBC released filmmaker Adam Curtis’s documentary, The Power of Nightmares. In its three episodes, he carefully and convincingly made the case for the threat of international terrorism being greatly exaggerated; I...
by Simon Fraser
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Africa
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Will The Militant Groups ‘Boko Haram’ And ‘MEND’ Cause Nigeria To Descend Into Anarchy?

Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group, recently gained worldwide notoriety after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. They have also been responsible for a wave of assassinations and bombings killing tho...
by Aidan Liban
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Human Rights

Mexico’s Growing Human Trafficking Scene

In one Mexican farm alone, Bioparques de Occidente in Jalisco (BO), more than 250 workers were rescued from slavery circumstances.
by Carlos Arturo
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North America

From The ‘Seinfeld Election’ To The Hunger Games Election

This is not, as some media outlets have described, “‘the Seinfeld Election,’ an election about nothing”, yet election news continues to reiterate this conception.
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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Development

Revolar’s ‘Magic Button’ Kickstarter Campaign

In the United States, an estimated 19.3% of women have been sexually assaulted at least once during their lifetime. For Jacqueline Ros, CEO of Revolar, this issue certainly hits close to home. Ros was motivated to develop a per...
by Kyle McCarthy
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Australia

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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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...
by Urban Times
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