The G8 Summit was held in Northern Ireland this week. Considering the high price that was paid in order to secure the summit, the question of why it was held in Enniskillen arises.
0 Mics
0 Comments
0 Shares
President Obama's speech today indicated significant implications for his second-term plans and hopes for his historical legacy. Here are the top five takeaways.
1 Mics
2 Comments
0 Shares
The real reason Turkish protesters are rebelling against Erdogan isn't Gezi Park or about alcohol. It's about his attempts to undo Turkey's secular legacy.
4 Mics
1 Comments
3 Shares
In spite of loans from the World Bank, the United Nations, and other organizations, West African countries continue to struggle with high poverty rates.
0 Mics
0 Comments
1 Shares
Many of the protesters in Brazil have been calling on Brazilians and foreigners to boycott the World Cup next year. Instead the population can make use of the World Cup to change Brazil.
1 Mics
0 Comments
84 Shares
Whether he likes it or not, Snowden has become a symbol of freedom from oppresive watchdog governments not just in America, but in Hong Kong SAR as well.
4 Mics
8 Comments
11 Shares
Just like how the United States tries to deny its pervasive racist, classist, and sexist issues, as well as its human rights abuses, so does Brazil.
5 Mics
3 Comments
12 Shares
President Obama is in Berlin Wednesday morning, on the heels of the G8 summit. He's expected to address nuclear arms reduction and other trending global issues.
2 Mics
0 Comments
3 Shares
How much longer can the U.S. attempt to craft politics in the Middle East? Not very, which is why the Obama administration is making a slow exit.
1 Mics
1 Comments
0 Shares
Demonstrators have taken to the streets in the United Kingdom to protest the G8 summit. Here are 13 of the best photos of them in action.
3 Mics
1 Comments
96 Shares
The recent briefing held by the NSA and top intelligence officials on their far-reaching surveillance methods was a flop. Just 47 senators attended.
2 Mics
2 Comments
0 Shares
Young Brazilians are taking to the streets all over the country, in the largest demonstrations since the fall of the dictatorship.
7 Mics
4 Comments
33 Shares
Hannah Beech plays on Sinophobic fears. Here's why China will not overtake the United States any time soon.
10 Mics
33 Comments
3 Shares
As people in Brazil protest against the massive government spending on sporting events such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games, more attention needs to be paid to their long term impact.
10 Mics
14 Comments
31 Shares
Syria and nuclear politics are two reasons that Washington has to start talking with Teheran. Not doing so can turn out to be very dangerous for all.
11 Mics
28 Comments
4 Shares
The Army takes returning home seriously because deployments don't end just when warriors are back on American soil.
6 Mics
13 Comments
16 Shares
African leaders have again accused the International Criminal Court of witch-hunting Africans because of their race
0 Mics
0 Comments
7 Shares
A picture taken at a protest in Rio de Janeiro allegedly showing police pepper spraying an innocent woman has aggravated tensions between protesters and police in Brazil.
1 Mics
1 Comments
36 Shares
Protesters showed up in masses across the Brazil, from the country's largest metropolis of São Paulo to the nation's capital of Brasília, where protesters marched on the roof of Congress.
2 Mics
1 Comments
0 Shares
PolicyMic’s Anna Therese Day interviews award-winning investigative war reporter, Jeremy Scahill, on his new film, 'Dirty Wars.' In Part 2, they focus on the Al Awlaki family.
9 Mics
1 Comments
34 Shares
A nonpartisan look into the protests in Brazil. What are the people complaining about? What should the protesters keep in mind while protesting? And how can Brazil move beyond the protests?
2 Mics
1 Comments
70 Shares
Syria's conflict is an ethnic war parallel to the 15-year civil war in Lebanon and the decade-long conflict in Iraq.
2 Mics
3 Comments
14 Shares
Turkish government officials have recently threatened to deploy the Turkish army to end protests. Doing so would only fuel the fire burning within protesters and their sympathizers.
2 Mics
1 Comments
2 Shares
Lyudmila Putina is beginning a new life as a divorcée. Kremlin-watchers around the world are guessing where she’ll go — but first we have to figure out, quite literally, where she’s been.
5 Mics
9 Comments
1 Shares
After three weeks of protest and a brutal crackdown, is Turkey still welcome in the EU? And if so, does the Erdogan government care?
0 Mics
1 Comments
24 Shares
