The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), which began in the Chinese region of Wuhan in December 2019, has killed more than 2,100 people, with all but 11 of those deaths in mainland China. The total...
Another Friday found me participating in the Climate Strike protest of the town I study in. Another gathering of younger and older people. The same chants with the familiar warm-blooded passion of...
It is Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving when shops offer huge discounts to shoppers who are ready to face their Christmas shopping. A few years ago, those of us in the UK or Australia didn’t...
Corruption by officials, in its most basic definition, involves dishonest or fraudulent acts conducted at a state level by those with political power. Taking on many forms including bribery, money...
Lena Muldoon and Emily Pittman, two blonde, twenty-something, United States expatriates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, led a small but stalwart group of protesters. They marched through the late June...
As news breaks that actor Debbie Reynolds has died, just a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, it is a bleak reminder that finding positive spins on 2016 is always going to be a bit of a challenge....
Yes. Americans living abroad can vote for the President of the United States of America. Yes. Americans living abroad can, and did, vote in the presidential primaries. Yes. Americans living abroad...
In 1989, Europe celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today, less than 30 years after, new fences are built along the European borders. Has Schengen failed? The Schengen Agreement was first signed...
Recent news about the lead-contaminated water supply in Flint, Michigan, made other communities around the country want to pay a bit more attention to local efforts concerning water quality testing...
Given the name of the foundation, the address where it is located is surprising. Yes, Fondazione Prada was actually founded by the same Prada of the fashion brand. But no, you won’t find the...
