by İzel Ekin Alpay | Apr 27, 2020 | Bilkent University
In 2018, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime announced the home to be the most dangerous place for women as femicides are mostly committed by their closest family, or partners.[1] However, in strange times of 2020 social distancing, self-isolation and staying at home are...
by Hacer Atabas | Apr 27, 2020 | Bilkent University
The fragmentations in society on religious and ethnic divisions, educational and cultural differences, and socioeconomic status lay the groundwork for polarization. Once it is planted, the polarization becomes a vicious cycle. When societies polarize over whether...
by Madison Taylor | Apr 2, 2020 | University of Memphis
On Thursday, February 13, 2020, Tennessee’s Republican governor Bill Lee delivered his State of the State address for West Tennessee at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. While his address focused primarily on economic development and promotion of better benefits for...
by Shei Anapi | Dec 10, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The news on Evo Morales’ resignation came as a surprise. With his tight hold of the power in the past 14 years as he ruled Bolivia, it raises the question on why he would suddenly resign? His vice president and heads of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies also...
by Alexandria Bergado | Dec 9, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The 30th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) hosted by the Philippines in 2019 have caused social cleavages to resurface at a time when the host nation should be presenting a united front. Trouble began to rear its head when foreign delegates began to arrive in the...
