Against Life Imprisonment without Parole
Authors . Politics . SocietyLife imprisonment exists in 183 countries; life with parole exists in 144 countries, where there is some provision for release; and, 65 countries impose life without parole sentences. Recent studies have shown that countries that abolish the death penalty replace it with life imprisonment without parole and, widen the array of offenses which carry this maximum sentence.
Breed Discrimination: The Misunderstood Pit Bulls
Culture . Media . Politics . SocietyDog breed discrimination is an epidemic across the globe that causes 1.2 million dogs each year to be euthanized in the United States alone. Pit Bulls arguably tend to receive the worst of breed discrimination. In fact, of the 1.2 million dogs that are euthanized in the United States each year, 40% are Pit Bulls
Europe should boycott the World Cup 2022 in Qatar
SportsThe football World Cup 2022 is hosted by Qatar. A small but rich desert country without any football culture. However, that seems to be the smallest problem about placing a World Cup in that country. Corruption, ignorance of human rights and constructing workers dying because of bad working conditions. It’s all a description of Qatar,
“I just want to try these Nürnberger sausages” or obesity in Germany
Authors . City life . Food . Health“Don`t worry, I also gained some weight here in Munich. Almost everyone does. You return home and everything will be okay”, – told me Natasha, a Russian girl who has lived in Munich already for 3 years. Meanwhile, obesity is a real problem in Germany, declared as a major issue by the federal government. Various
Spanish Parliamentary Instability
PoliticsThis report is about the Parliamentary Instability in Spain; a problem that Spaniards have been facing for a while and no one seems to have the solution for. All the data collected is from national newspapers and media outlets. After almost two years of tremendous parliamentary instability, the Spanish Parliament has recently elected Pedro Sánchez,
Candy for the eyes or government lies
City life . Culture . Politics . Travel“There’s something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this place beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything askew, disoriented. There’s more truth in a ripple of water than in a clear day.”― Ellie Lieberman, Society Foundings This quote brilliantly describes any Russian capital vititor’s reaction
Elder Abandonment
SocietyEveryday Fernando thinks about how much he misses his family and being home. He is tired of waiting for someone to take him out of the hospital and take care of him in the comfort of his own home. Fernando is an elderly Portuguese man who is currently living in Santa Maria’s Hospital in Lisbon
Who Illuminates the Future of “Crayfishes”?
SocietyNowadays, it is common that college students volunteer to become teachers of village schools in remote areas, which is one way of Chinese Poverty Alleviation through Education. This is not an easy task, and sometimes it is controversial. But Yuwei, a graduate student from Fudan University who used to be such a special teacher, does
Plant-based as Plan(health)t-based
AuthorsIt was a rainy Monday afternoon as Anna, 58 years old, received a call from her doctor. Having seen her last analysis, he warned she was at serious risk: the bad cholesterol in her blood, responsible for most heart attacks and diseases, had hit the terribly dangerous level of 300 mg/dL, whereas healthy standards lay
Weaponized Insecurity: The Far Right, 4Chan, and Teenage Boys
SocietyI recently sat down to chat with a friend from back home. I met him in high school when I admittedly thought he was a pretty weird guy- anti-social, extremely self-deprecating, always trying to make the edgiest jokes, and self-identified politically on the right. Since then, he has gone through major changes as he had