Beirut: Between Explosions & Geopolitical Tensions
The recent explosion that shook Beirut is having disastrous consequences for the people, and may have serious implications for the region’s peace and conflicts.
The recent explosion that shook Beirut is having disastrous consequences for the people, and may have serious implications for the region’s peace and conflicts.
This Human Story treats issues concerning racial discrimination and identity. Due to the success the BLM movement has had worldwide, TNGO aims to widen this conversation to another group affected by COVID-19 discrimination: the Overseas Chinese.
Kanye West è davvero una novità nel panorama politico americano?
La risposta breve è: assolutamente no.
News on the Syrian crisis hardly makes headlines. Nevertheless, factual reality suggests that the war in Syria is still an urgent matter, especially regarding the refugee crisis. Turkey, for example, hosts the highest number of refugees in the world, roughly 3 million. What domestic and foreign impact did the Syrian civil war have on Turkey?
Le elezioni americane di Novembre stanno arrivando. In questi quattro anni di presidenza Trump è cambiato un po’ tutto, tra politica interna e estera, alleanze e nuove richieste sociali.
Ma come stanno cambiando gli elettori americani?
In questo articolo parleremo di come la generazione Millennials sarà la maggioranza di votanti e di come questo comporterà uno spostamento di idee, richieste e politiche da attuare per diventare il nuovo Presidente degli Stati Uniti.
The murder of George Floyd was one of the numerous cases of police brutality towards African-American people. This specific case seems to have raised unprecedented awareness about racism and initiated a series of protests under the slogan “black lives matter.” TNGO political analyst Aurora Ceccotti interviewed Caroline Skye Grossman, who explains what it is like to actively take part of this movement, protesting in the streets of New York.
International concerns increase as the already crumbling China-US relations further deteriorate during the COVID pandemic, possibly into political conflict.
Two French doctors have recently proposed to conduct unscrupulous research for the Coronavirus vaccine in Africa. This is just the last of many examples of how the West carries a racist medical agenda in the African continent. How can we move away from these practices and invest in an even global medical development?
“I Can’t Breathe.” These are the words that have shook the world. The crude murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis Police Department has started a chain of reaction that now sees Minnesota’s chief town in riot. And yes, I said murder, for the action of former police officer Derek Chauvin cannot just be dismissed as an excess of force during the arrest. Yet, as an act of manslaughter guided by racial hate. And as such, it begets anger from those who cannot just stand by for such events.
Minneapolis is literally on fire since George Floyd, 46, became the latest in a long line of black men and women to die in police custody. Derek Chauvin was called to the scene because Floyd was accused of writing a bad cheque; the scene climaxed with Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, brutally suffocating him in broad daylight.