From Somalia to Sudan, the United States’ approach to African foreign policy has been largely unsuccessful, often further destabilizing the region. This is particularly true in West Africa, where states such as Guinea-Bissau have fallen victim to U.S. diplomacy. Nestled ...

English speakers hold an overwhelming and overlooked advantage when it comes to media access. In North America, over 81% of films feature English as one of their main languages, and internationally, English films dominate global box office sales. The second ...

The science is clear. 1.5°C warming from pre-industrial levels keeps the impacts of climate change at a manageable level for the global community. For the Global South nothing short of this temperature increase is acceptable. This aspirational goal of 1.5°C ...

Often referred to as the “Lungs of the Earth,” the Amazon rainforest  “produc[es]20% of the world’s oxygen” and holds “more than a third of all carbon stored by tropic forests worldwide.” It also contains “20% of the world’s flowing freshwater… ...

The COVID-19 pandemic took more than college students’ social lives and on-campus experiences; it resulted in catastrophic human loss and forever altered the educational development of the world’s most vulnerable communities. In the United States, COVID-19 took over a million ...

From Australia to the Amazon, the world is on fire, and the most important voices aren’t getting seats at the decision-making table.  Climate change is no longer a distant threat of the future but rather a devastating actor in the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent invasion has forced Ukraine into the international spotlight, raising several questions about the names of Ukraine’s cities and the proper phrasing when referencing the country itself. In English, is the country’s capital “Kiev” or “Kyiv”? ...