Historical role of working and the vague future
Ora et labora. Pray and work. This was one of the main teachings of Catholicism in the Middle Ages, giving many people what they needed:...
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Stella Botta
Nov 9, 20216 min read
Sharing Covid-19 vaccines: a duty of Western countries?
Since the pandemic’s start, it has always been clear which countries would have had a head start in their vaccination campaign and...
Andre Fontes
Nov 2, 20215 min read
Christianity and Climate Change: Left-wing Discourse through a Christian Lens
Last Saturday from Rome, Pope Francis addressed lawmakers from around the globe, with a message of unity. Francis urged that political...
Miguel Adan Marquez
Oct 10, 20211 min read
Rostra’s Choice: Eumeswil
Title: Eumeswil Writer: Ernst Jünger Year of publication: 1977 Review: Few men have lived more political history, their thought and...
Elisabeth Hoole
Oct 6, 20215 min read
To End the Pandemic, We Must End Vaccine Apartheid
In May 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) director announced that the world had reached a situation of ‘vaccine apartheid’ – where...
Mina Marie Schmidt
Sep 19, 20216 min read
The “God-Given Solution to Promiscuity”: Temporary Marriages in Modern Shi’i Iran
*quoted by Ruhollah Khomeini, founder and president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1980-1988 Covid cases are reaching an all-time...
Meriç Özsüer
Sep 14, 20215 min read
New Perspectives on Sustainability
It has been two years since Greta Thunberg’s influential speech to the UN leaders about how they failed our world due to many...
Nadia Winona
Jul 9, 202112 min read
A Conversation with Dennise Yeh: Chief Growth Officer and Experienced Globe Trotter
On an unusually sunny day in Amsterdam, I sat across Dennise Yeh, a Taiwanese-born, internationally-bred businesswoman. Dennise is...
Meriç Özsüer
May 24, 20217 min read
“Zoom” -ing in Online Education: The Ideal Way of Learning?
After the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic around December 2019, our lives have been drastically changed, regardless of which...
Nadia Winona
May 3, 20215 min read
Roua ALHalabi and Her World of Art
Walking into Roua Atelier in Amsterdam Oud-West instantly transported me back to the art class I took and loved as a child. I was greeted...
Meriç Özsüer
Apr 28, 20216 min read
Making a Resilient Future From Ancient Wisdom
Due to global warming and environmental problems, sustainable living is becoming a more critical necessity by the day. Society has to...
Mina Marie Schmidt
Apr 27, 20215 min read
Neom: A Utopian Clash between Tradition and Modernity
“The Line”. What sounds like one of Netflix’s dystopian shows is actually a fully-fledged project of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed...
Ornella Lupoi
Apr 26, 20215 min read
A flexible rearrangement
The office. The place where deals are made, solutions are found, top decisions are taken… where company identity is created, and the...
Rado Baarda
Apr 9, 20216 min read
No License, No Job
What do occupations such as makeup artists, florists, interior designers, and electricians have in common with, for example, doctors?...
Roosa Näveri
Apr 8, 20215 min read
The Tokyo Olympics: A Light of Hope or Another Lost Dream?
COVID-19 left the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese authorities with little choice but to postpone the Tokyo 2020...
Miguel Adan Marquez
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Rostra’s Choice: Patria
Title: Patria (Homeland) Writer: Fernando Aramburu Year of publication: 2016 Review: On a rainy night, a family man is murdered. Shot in...
Ollie Corfe
Mar 18, 20218 min read
Freedom from the Press
In 2002, the California Coastal Records Project took to the skies to monitor the erosion of the Golden State’s shoreline. Unbeknownst to...
Rado Baarda
Mar 10, 20215 min read
Innovation, Has It Lost Its Magic?
One of the most significant forces behind economic growth is that of innovation. The consistent creation of new ideas and the perpetual...
Ollie Corfe
Feb 22, 202111 min read
Battery Strife
No sovereign nation has ever been able to lay claim to more than 20% of global oil reserves, the backbone of 20th century energy and the...
Nadia Winona
Feb 17, 20217 min read
Room For Discussion: Tom Standage on Journalism, the Future, and Everything in Between
Holding the virtual interview with Tom Standage on Facebook Live was comically ironic – the discussions that were about to unfold...
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