by Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, Israel – The international community should support the construction of 1,000 megawatts worth of solar energy facilities in the West Bank within the next three years – a step that could lead the territory toward energy independence, according …
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by Emily Schneider, Foreign Policy, USA – It should be inspiring to find out that there is a movement in Afghanistan to resist the country’s deeply ingrained gender norms that treat women so poorly, which seems to be the story that Jenny Nordberg …
by Molly Redden, Mother Jones, USA – Kiera, who lives in the Florida panhandle, is thoughtful, sarcastic, and whip-smart. It’s easy to forget that she’s only 18. But in December—when she was staring down a positive pregnancy test, thinking, shit—she was only 17. …
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by Nina Strochlic, The Daily Beast, USA – Pannilal Yadev can’t remember much about his wedding other than the carriage he was carried in to meet his bride, 7-year-old Rajkumari. At the time he was a year older than she, and the two …
by Mary Fitzgerald, Irish Times, Ireland – On the streets of Rangoon “the Lady” is a fridge magnet. Once banned under the censorship laws of Burma’s former military regime, Aung San Suu Kyi’s image now adorns an array of trinkets for sale in …
On Tuesday, September 23rd, The WIP hosted author Nomi Prins at The Monterey Institute of International Studies, where she spoke to a packed house about her new book, All the Presidents’ Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive America’s Power. The …
by Irem Inceoglu, Eurozine, Austria – In spring 2011, when Tunisia, Egypt, Spain and Greece were in the throes of mass public dissent, some of us sarcastically joked that Turkey would be next. We were convinced it could not happen and discussed how and …
The Gezi Resistance and its Aftermath: A radical democratic opportunity? Read more »
On June 16, 2014, I went to a premiere of Ivory Tower, a documentary about student debt. While student debt is a critical issue, and one that is extremely important to me as a student who graduated with honors, scholarships, …
by Elizabeth Schumacher, Deutsche Welle, Germany – One in three asylum seekers coming to Germany are children or teenagers, according to a UNICEF report published on Tuesday. The organization reported that 65,000 minors in Germany were facing uncertain legal status, and receiving inadequate government support. …
Originally published on Stop Street Harassment About a month ago, University of Tennessee researchers Dawn Syzmanski and Chandra Feltman published an article entitled “Helping Women Overcome the Anguish of Unwanted Sexual Advances.” The article professes that women who experience street …