World
#FeesMustFall: South African Students Fight for Higher Education
Protests against high costs of attendance at higher education institutions continue in South Africa.
Pressure from All Sides: The War in Syria and Foreign Intervention
Justin Jin shares a brief summary of the conflict in Syria and gives us his take on events.
Love in the Time of VHS: Making Sense of Vaporwave
What can the sound and politics of an internet microgenre tell us about our relationship with artificial consumer worlds?
Pizza Politics: Lessons From the Pineapple Topping Controversy
Iceland’s president joked he would make eating pizza with pineapple as a topping illegal if he could. Thus a heated debate began.
Lost in the Pond: Takeaways from Warsaw’s Self-Destructive Vote
In the second installment of his column on European issues not covered by the American press, Maks Szwajewski examines the presidential elections of the European Council.
The Forgotten War: The Conflict in Yemen and the Crisis of Global Leadership
Yemen is mired in a brutal civil war that has spurred numerous humanitarian crises. Yet as Yemen crumbles, the world looks away. Isabel Del Toro Mijares ‘20 explores the crisis and finds out why.
A Dangerous Future for Yemen: U.S. Interference and the Yemeni Civil War
On the campaign trail, Trump both stressed a need for less foreign interventionism and for immediate action against violent extremism.