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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...
Brunna Torino
Feb 15, 20215 min read
Are We Living In A Post-Ethical World?
Source: New York Times Almost no students leave university without passing a course on ethics–so why is the modern application of ethics...
Szandi Zsitnák
Jan 30, 20216 min read
The (In)Adequacy of the Paris Agreement
On the 21st of January 2021, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. This day marked significant for many...
Katja Komazec
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Rostra’s Choice: Lean In
Title: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Authors: Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell Year of publication: 2013 Review: Based on...
Nadia Winona
Dec 16, 20205 min read
Denise van Wijk: Empowering Women with Oliver Wyman
Denise van Wijk is an Associate at Oliver Wyman and the global lead of Women at Oliver Wyman (WOW). WOW is a network that promotes,...
Katja Komazec
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: The Black Swan
Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Writer: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Year of publication: 2007 Review: In this book,...
Andre Fontes
Nov 23, 20205 min read
Brazil and the Amazon: Current destruction and Historical Exploitation
“The rainforests of Brazil are being torn down” pontificated Joe Biden, during the first presidential debate just over a month a half...
Aibike Omurova
Nov 18, 20204 min read
UvA Executive board talks university’s response to the pandemic
This past Tuesday the UvA Executive Board was confronted with the questions bothering students the most, from tuition fee reductions to...
Szandi Zsitnák
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: This Changes Everything
Title: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate Writer: Naomi Klein Year of publication: 2014 Review: Naomi Klein’s book is a...
Nadia Winona
Nov 13, 20204 min read
Who Am I To Judge: The Vatican’s Divide over Homosexuality
In a recent documentary about Pope Francis titled Francesco, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church seemingly expressed support for...
Tugay Akbulut
Oct 17, 20205 min read
Humans Being (A)part from Nature
Last week, I saw the new documentary by David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet. His documentaries are often about how beautiful the...
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