The Market For Psilocybin
The purpose of hallucinogenic plants in human societies has varied from religious rites to psychological healing. However, for the past...
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Ollie Corfe
Sep 20, 20204 min read
How Are The Mighty Fallen!
“The west is the best Get here and we’ll do the rest” – The Doors, The End (1967) Jim Morrison couldn’t have foreseen that those words...
Elisabeth Hoole
Sep 16, 20206 min read
Neocolonialism: the role of the IMF and the World Bank
What is Neocolonialism? Neocolonialism involves the use of economic, political or cultural pressures to influence other countries,...
Katja Komazec
Sep 15, 20206 min read
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Science Distrust
As the panic wanes, many are becoming critical of the strict restrictions governments imposed this spring to slow the spread of...
Tugay Akbulut
Sep 14, 20205 min read
Blazing Apocalypse in California
“It was like driving through hell,” was one of the reactions after a midnight evacuation last week in the state of Oregon. After looking...
Nadia Winona
Sep 11, 20207 min read
Faye Simanjuntak: Human Rights Activist and Founder of Rumah Faye
Faye Simanjuntak is an 18-year-old Indonesian human rights activist and founder of Rumah Faye, a non-profit which helps trafficked,...
Rado Baarda
Sep 9, 202011 min read
November’s Fight is Far From Over
The Republican National Convention, which took place during the last week of August, showed that the race for the 2020 presidential...
Sofia Quiñones-Vilela
Sep 7, 20206 min read
Cancel Culture: The Salem Witch Trials of the Digital Era
Before iPhones, there was the secret police. Before hashtags, there was pointing fingers. Instead of knocking on doors now, we use...
Tugay Akbulut
Aug 31, 20206 min read
Driving forces behind the collapse of the European economy
The economic contraction in the second quarter of 2020 was disastrous for the EU. Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports...
Miguel Adan Marquez
Aug 20, 20203 min read
Most Americans Willing to Use Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps Despite Privacy Concerns
The now infamous COVID-19 virus is an infectious respiratory disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus that causes illness in humans....
Miguel Adan Marquez
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: Mr Two Bomb
Title: Mr. Two Bomb Writer: William Coles Year of publication: 2010 Review: As American bombers drop the first ever nuclear bomb onto...
Tugay Akbulut
Jul 31, 20207 min read
Market failure in the Energy Transition
The energy sector is facing challenging times in which it has to balance short-term returns with its long-term license to operate. Shell,...
Miguel Adan Marquez
Jul 22, 20204 min read
Eurobonds: strife in the union
From the moment the first coronavirus cases where reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, many realized that its impact on the world’s...
Nadia Winona
Jul 15, 20203 min read
How beef with China can cost Australia its actual beef business
By now, we are all well versed in the gist of the pandemic we are currently living through. Well-versed might even be an understatement;...
Nuno Sousa
Jul 10, 20208 min read
The Statues of Our Discontent
The violent death of George Floyd on May 25th has led to universal protests against police violence. In contrast to other cases of deaths...
Elisabeth Hoole
Jul 4, 20204 min read
COVID-19 Dispatch: Kenneth Roth Talks The Rise of Autocracy During the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has caused a variety of problems, one of which is increasing authoritarianism. Room...
Tugay Akbulut
Jul 3, 20205 min read
Extreme Heat and Drought Disasters
Consequences of extreme weather events such as heat and drought are disruptive to our global economy. How large these negative effects...
Nicole Golovenko
Jun 30, 20205 min read
Guide to Kremlin’s Power Vertical, constitutional public vote, and more..
It is not a secret that Vladimir Putin is the de facto leader of Russia, and it is doubtful to expect any changes in his status quo by...
Sofia Quiñones-Vilela
Jun 29, 20205 min read
Tara Reade’s Forgotten Story
The #MeToo movement has opened many doors for women – giving them a safe environment to come forward, testify, and wield the hammer of...
Salvador Ríos
Jun 27, 20202 min read
COVID-19 Dispatch: Ashley Frawley Talks The Dangers of Happiness
2020 has been a year for the history books, for all the wrong reasons. Dr. Ashley Frawley, of Swansea University, proposes that the...
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