Lampedusa: the Much-Needed Heart of Illegal Immigration in the Mediterranean
by Amber Murakami-Fester Editor A shipwreck on Oct. 3 off the coast of Lampedusa, a small Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, […]
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Ending Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
Erfan Faridmoayer Editor The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called it “one of the most feared diseases of the twentieth century.” Mainly […]
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Chemical Weapons Victory: A Loss for the Syrian People
Photo Credit: Freedom House on Flickr, used under Creative Commons License By: Erika Jahan Tuesday, Oct. 15 was celebrated by Muslims worldwide as Eid al-Adha. […]
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Perspectives of a Troubled Youth
By Akbar Khan, Staff Writer. In February of this year, The Generation published a piece on Iranian hip-hop. Feeling discontent with the Iranian regime, some Iranian […]
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Sorry for the Inconvenience – Brazil is Under Construction
by Michelle Sinness Contributing Writer When Brazil won the Confederations Cup final soccer game on Sunday night, June 30th, 2013, the streets of Brazil’s first […]
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A Snowden Summer
by Amber Murakami-Fester Editor Edward Snowden’s exposure of the National Security Agency’s PRISM surveillance program in early June made sure that the media had an […]
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Lampedusa: the Much-Needed Heart of Illegal Immigration in the Mediterranean
Boats off the shore of Lampedusa, photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Amber Murakami-Fester Editor A...
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Ending Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
A Board of Health quarantine card warning that the premises are contaminated by poliomyelitis;...
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Chemical Weapons Victory: A Loss for the Syrian People
Photo Credit: Freedom House on Flickr, used under Creative Commons License By:...
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Perspectives of a Troubled Youth
Photo Credit: Clare Bell, June 27, 2009, under Creative Commons License By Akbar...
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Sorry for the Inconvenience – Brazil is Under Construction
Photo Credit: Beraldo Leal, June 17, 2013, under Creative Commons License by Michelle...
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A Snowden Summer
Protesters in Hong Kong show their support for Edward Snowden by Amber Murakami-Fester Editor Edward...
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Ending Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
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Chemical Weapons Victory: A Loss for the Syrian People
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Perspectives of a Troubled Youth
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Sorry for the Inconvenience – Brazil is Under Construction
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Adventures in Bizzaro World: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb…
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Egypt Re-revolutionized: A comparison of two movements
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Sorry for the Inconvenience – Brazil is Under Construction
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The New Spanish Housing Crisis
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Boston Strong
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The Wise Words of Sun Tzu: The Rise of China and the Changing World Order
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China’s Housing Market: It’s More Than Just a Bubble
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Mexico 1992-2012: The Advent of Neoliberalism and the Reshaping of the Political Order
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Europe in Crisis: Bolt from the Blue?
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Stop Voting Against Yourself: The Difference between Opinions and Facts
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International Online Piracy Panel (with video)
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Sec. Janet Napolitano speaks with The Generation (video)
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The Generation Interview with Senator George Mitchell
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The People of North Korea, Silenced for Too Long
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Ending Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
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Pakistani Elections 2013: Vote for Change, Vote for Integrity
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International Women’s Day 2013: Going Beyond Awareness
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The Next Global Dilemma: An Aging World
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Stop Voting Against Yourself: The Difference between Opinions and Facts
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The State of Health in Nicaragua
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Adventures in Bizzaro World: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb…
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Egypt Re-revolutionized: A comparison of two movements
by Erfan Faridmoayer Editor A few years ago, at the peak of Arab Spring, Egypt had become emblematic in the mindset of neighboring countries struggling to […]
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Taiwan’s East Asia Peaceful Initiative
by Chiaming Shen Contributing Writer Recently, the territorial dispute between Taipei, Beijing and Tokyo over the Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Islands in the East China Sea has been escalating. […]
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The Specter of “Foreign Influence” – Boogeyman of 21st Century Authoritarians Everywhere
by James Walker Editor During the seismic shifts in the Arab world over the past few years the question has often arisen as to what […]
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Whaling: A High Seas Culture Clash
by Amber Murakami-Fester Editor Whaling in Japan, which has charged the international community with high tensions for many a decade, is set to face legal […]
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Persecution of Rohingya is Key to a Profitable U.S.-Burma Relationship
by Jacob Goldberg Staff Writer The success and international attention achieved by Burma’s current pro-democracy, pro-Western government has been a towering triumph for the former […]
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The War on Drugs: Mexican Cartels
Mexican Navy seizes drugs and weapons from the Las Zetas drug trafficking organization (Jorge Lopez/Reuters). by Akbar Khan Contributing Writer In 1971, President Nixon officially […]
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60 Years On – The New “Red Scare” in Hollywood
by James Walker Editor During the collective insanity that gripped the United States in the late 1940s and 50s, political agitators and right wing demagogues […]
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Upon His Return to Egypt, Activist Ahmed Maher Arrested by Egyptian Authorities
A little over a week ago, The Generation was fortunate enough to host and interview Ahmed Maher, a modern-day revolutionary, who upon his return to […]
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Pakistani Elections 2013: Vote for Change, Vote for Integrity
By Akbar Khan Contributing Writer December 2011, Abbottabad, Pakistan – Well over a year before Election Day, in one of the world’s most dangerous countries, […]
