The Protectionist Paradox
The United States has upended the free-trade status quo—a decades-long era defined by largely borderless markets and neoliberal optimism. Its...
Opinion
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The Cost of Trump’s Aid Cuts: A Global Rollback on Women’s Safety and Empowerment
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle USAID–the government agency that...
Against Far Right Hypocrisy, English Multiculturalism
As a Londoner, one understands that the city’s identity is not found in its grand monuments or rich history. Rather,...
Nigeria Is Bleeding—But Not From a Christian Genocide
From China to Canada to South Africa, President Donald Trump has repeatedly drawn international attention and controversy with sweeping, inflammatory...
To Deter the Houthis, Enforce Israeli Withdrawal from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
On Oct. 16, the Houthis declared their military chief of staff, Muhammad Abdulkarim al-Ghamari, dead. He had been killed by...
This Is How Football Became a Tool of Modern Imperialism
More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery, human trafficking persists—just in a different form. Two centuries later, European...
What the Backlash Against Mamdani Reveals About Islamophobic Panic
Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset has sparked an intense wave of political outrage, from politicians predicting another 9/11 to referring to...
DeepSeek Claims to Be a Sustainable AI Tool. But Is It Really?
Have you ever considered the sustainability implications of your artificial intelligence use? If you’re one of the 99% of Americans...
Digging Ourselves Deeper: When Climate Action Mimics Extraction
President Trump’s desire to annex Greenland is not wholly a national security strategy. With the autonomous territory’s ice sheet losing...
Former Philippine President Duterte’s Arrest and the Broader Southeast Asian War on Drugs
From 2016 to 2022, Filipinos endured endless cycles of fear under the Rodrigo Duterte Administration and his “war on drugs”...