Femicide in Latin America
Femicide in Latin America

The concerning increase in violent female homicides within the last two decades has prompted many Latin American countries to distinguish these deaths from other homicides by labeling them “femicides.” Femicide refers to the specific killing of women and girls for gender-based reasons, and has cast a dark shadow over the safety of women in these respective countries. In many Latin American countries, impunity of the justice system contributes to the increase in femicide cases. Police agencies and judges often do not thoroughly investigate or prosecute the perpetrators of these heinous crimes…

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GlobeKathryn Manningfeminism, Latin America, Mexico, Crime|Justice|Law, Femicide, murders, women, women's rightsComment
Bridging an Eternal Generational Gap
Bridging an Eternal Generational Gap

For decades, different generations have had divisions ranging from political affiliation to popular culture, and even visions for the future. To start, it is important to know who exactly Gen Z is. People born from 1997 onward to around 2012 are all considered to be Gen Zers. Due to the differences in socio-economic circumstances that come with being born at such a time period, it is only logical that different generations see the world differently…

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Globe, FeaturedNour TahaGenZ, TikTok, wealth inequality, intergenerational, youth, Nour TahaComment
The Taliban’s U-Turn on Female Education
The Taliban’s U-Turn on Female Education

In 2021, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan as US troops withdrew from the country. Of course, many concerns arose among the international community. One of the main concerns was protecting women’s rights, particularly access to education. However, the Taliban reassured the world that they had no plans to stop women from getting an education. The Taliban closed schools for nearly seven months after coming to power.

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Featured, GlobePriyal ThakralAfghanistan, women, Talibuan, educationComment
How South Korea’s Elections Determine Who has Power, Not Truth
How South Korea’s Elections Determine Who has Power, Not Truth

When someone thinks of South Korea, they imagine a modern, democratic nation that starkly contrasts with its autocratic and corrupt northern neighbor. And while this perception is somewhat correct, it overlooks the vast levels of corruption that occurs in South Korea. In fact, South Korea only became a true democracy in 1988, rapidly transitioning into what is now perceived as a strong democracy.

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Featured, GlobeAidan KatoSouth Korea, East Asia, Election, DemocracyComment
What is Denim Day and Why Does It Matter?
What is Denim Day and Why Does It Matter?

Content Warning: Sexual Assault

In 1992, in Rome, an 18-year-old girl was taking a driving lesson when her 45-year-old male driving instructor sexually assaulted her. She reported the assault to the police, and the rapist was arrested, prosecuted, convicted of rape, and sentenced to 34 months in jail. Seven years later, the rapist appealed his sentence, claiming that the two had consensual sex.

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Featured, GlobeElizabeth ChoDenim Day, sexual assault, sexual violence, jeans alibi, Peace Over Violence, rape cultureComment
Earth’s Lower Orbit Has become the U.S.’s Newest Junkyard
Earth’s Lower Orbit Has become the U.S.’s Newest Junkyard

Each year thousands upon thousands of satellites are launched into the lower orbit with little regard over the risks these machines pose. As of 2022, there are an estimated 40,000 tracked pieces of satellite and spacecraft debris floating around our planet of the numerous more known to exist. According to the U.S. Space Command, most of the debris in our lower atmospheric orbit stems from collisions between the surplus of satellites in space, the majority of which isn’t being tracked by the U.S.

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Featured, NationMelany Mendozaspace, environment, NASA, satellite, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Orbital PrimeComment
What Coffee Shop Talks Have Taught Me About Our Political Division
What Coffee Shop Talks Have Taught Me About Our Political Division

On a relaxing summer morning, I was eagerly catching up with an old high school friend in a small, dimly lit Bay Area diner. As we were discussing our respective college experiences, I was completely caught off guard by his deep anger with the political climate on campus. He felt ostracized as a conservative amongst “liberal snowflakes who had never worked hard for anything in their life'' who had taken over his campus.

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Nation, FeaturedNour TahaPartisanship, American Politics, Media, Mass media, social mediaComment
Weaponizing Water: How China Controls the Mekong
Weaponizing Water: How China Controls the Mekong

The Mekong river is one of the longest rivers in the world, flowing from Tibet where it collects melting snow from the Himalayas in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Every year this major waterway oscillates alongside the rainy season when a massive pulse of water swells the river as monsoon rains and Himalayan melted snow flows downstream.

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Featured, GlobeAidan KatoChina, Water, Mekong River, Southeast Asia, Aidan KatoComment
California’s Menstrual Equity for All Act and What it Means for Period Poverty
California’s Menstrual Equity for All Act and What it Means for Period Poverty

As of today, nearly 25%, or 500 million, of women around the world do not have access to menstrual health products and education. Despite affecting such a large population of women across the world, this issue known as period poverty is rarely talked about in the context of global health. The U.S. is not exempt from this issue. The Pink Tax, a price discrepancy between products marketed to women despite the nearly identical, cheaper versions marketed to men, is a huge reason for this.

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Featured, StateAkshitha Mamidiperiod poverty, menstrual health, UC Davis, Period, pink tax, Menstrual Equity for All Act, Endometriosis, PCOS, Davis PeriodComment
Pollution in the Middle East
Pollution in the Middle East

With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference concluding as of November 12th, many world leaders have acknowledged the severity of climate change and the necessity for action against it. While it is a promising sign that nations are recognizing the need for lower greenhouse gas emissions, there are some regions of the world that are suffering the consequences of climate change much more severely than others.

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Featured, GlobeKathryn Manningglobal warming, climate change, United Nations, Middle East, Iran, Tehran, air pollution, carbon emissions, temperature change, fossil fuelsComment
“Even the Sky Above You and the Very Ground...Are Possible Threats”: Mitigating Aid Worker Attacks and Deaths
“Even the Sky Above You and the Very Ground...Are Possible Threats”: Mitigating Aid Worker Attacks and Deaths

It was March when Maryam Petronin returned to Mali, only five months after a French hostage exchange guaranteed her freedom from a five-year captivity in the hands of a jihadist group. Petronin, the head of a children’s aid organization in Gao, went despite warnings from French authorities and in the face of a Malian arrest warrant, sparking criticism from the French government, including spokesperson Gabriel Attal, who described her actions as “a form of irresponsibility.”

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Featured, GlobeDheera Dusanapudiaid workers, south sudan, civilians, humanitarian, human rights violationsComment
France Stares Down Amazon Over Bookshops
France Stares Down Amazon Over Bookshops

Ten years ago, it seemed as if the day of the paper book was coming to an end. The popularity of e-readers seemed to some a harbinger of a digital reading future, one in which the book as we knew it would become superfluous. So far, this has failed to materialize, and in the years since then there has been an increasing realization that books have intrinsic value that cannot be replicated electronically.

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Globe, FeaturedMichael Wheelerbookstore, books, France, Paris, Amazon, e-readerComment
Ethiopia Descends into Crisis
Ethiopia Descends into Crisis

On November 4, 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive against the regional forces of Tigray, a region of Ethiopia. Its leadership and forces once ruled Ethiopia before retreating back to their stronghold of Tigray after Ahmed took power. Ahmed stated that this was a response to an attack on a military base housing government troops in Tigray. This attack marked the escalation of the political tensions between Ahmed and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

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Featured, GlobePriyal ThakralEthiopia, Tigray War, TPLF, EPRDF, Abiy Ahmed, TigrayComment
A Grim Rebound: Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa Rise
A Grim Rebound: Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa Rise

Sudan was just weeks away from having its first civilian head of state since 1989 when the fledgling democracy was jolted by a military coup. This coup, the third in the nation's short 36-year history, is only one of four successful military coups that have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, affecting over 90 million people across the region. Since 2019, the number of coups in sub-Saharan Africa, which had been declining since 2001, has doubled, relapsing back to the levels last seen in the 20th century.

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Featured, GlobeAidan KatoSub-Saharan Africa, military coup, sudan, Mali, Guinea, Chad, Democracy, democratic backslidingComment
How Changing the African Narrative Can Change the Region
How Changing the African Narrative Can Change the Region

If I were to ask you what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Africa without any fear of social judgement, what would you say? The Lion King, poverty, coups, corruption, civil war, tribalism, zebras, and rhinos are all valid and understandable answers that most Westerners would respond with, including the writer of this article. Whether it be through mainstream media, disney movies, or controversial headlines, the West has looked at the African continent through a pitiful yet indifferent orientalist lens for centuries.

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Featured, GlobeNour TahaAfrica, perception, orientalism, Sudan, Tunisia, democracy, South Africa, activistsComment
A New Afghanistan: Countering the Saviorism Myth
A New Afghanistan: Countering the Saviorism Myth

During 2001-2021, many girls and women in Afghanistan relished the freedom of being able to pursue an education or earn their own wages. They no longer were required to be chaperoned by male relatives when leaving their home. Women also experienced greater representation in politics. In 2005, 68 out of 249 seats were reserved for female members in the lower house of parliament, and 23 out of 102 designated for women in the upper house.

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Featured, GlobeSerena Broomeafghanistan, women, women's rights, saviorism, afghan women, educationComment
Giving a Hand Up with a Hand Out: Part 2
Giving a Hand Up with a Hand Out: Part 2

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates in the developed world, and children have the highest poverty rate among any age group in America. Our country is more than wealthy enough to resolve this issue — the continued existence of child poverty is a policy choice. How does a country that prides itself on its exceptionalism, reckon with the fact that so many of its youth sleep hungry or on the street?

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Featured, NationMarcos Lopezchild poverty, housing, health insurance, poverty, housing choice vouchers, medicaid, ACA, affordable care actComment
The Afghanistan Project: American Jingoism Gone Wrong
The Afghanistan Project: American Jingoism Gone Wrong

The American populace, fueled with rage and revenge following the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the George W. Bush Administration took that anger and radically shifted the geopolitical position of the United States. Initiating the War on Terror, Bush placed the blame for the attacks on the Taliban, a militant group which had taken control of Afghanistan only a few years earlier in 1996.

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Featured, GlobeAndy EssaAfghanistan, International Relations, international News, 9/11, Taliban, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump, Mujahideen, September 11, Afghanistan Papers, Afghan, NATO, EU, Andy EssaComment