Unlike America, The European Union has a different taken an oppositional stance to American tech companies running rickshaw over privacy rights. Founded in 2004, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) aims to ensure the privacy rights and data protection of Europeans. If you live in America, I understand, you might have never heard those words …
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are set to produce a new TV drama based on the experience of female Kurdish fighters in Rojava (Northern Syria). Based on Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, the series revolves around the exploits of members of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in their …
Houston, we have a problem. Russian aerospace engineers discovered “one more crack” in the International Space Station (ISS) this week, says mission lead Vladimir Solovyov. “So far, we have found one place and suspect another, whereas some kind of leak exists,” Solovyov said. He described the air loss as “insignificant.” The ISS typically maintains air …
If you were to go to a grocery store in Amsterdam. you would notice a new system of detailed price tags. 6¢ to fairly pay workers extra per kilo for their carbon footprint 5¢ for the toll the farming takes on the land 4¢ extra per kilo for their carbon footprint The Amsterdammers call this …
Joe Biden is commonly regarded as the 46th President of the United. Surprisingly, only 44 men have held the coveted position. Where did this miscount come from? Spoiler Alert: It is Grover Cleveland’s fault Holding the distinct honor of being the only White House tenant to serve two non-consecutive terms, occupying the job from 1885 …
Turkey – with its rampant incarceration of journalists and educators, its long history of civil rights violations against minority groups, and its duplicitous relationship with the Islamic State – has long-been a NATO ally that brings the entire organization into question. To start this next chapter of Turkish/American relations, high-level AKP officials have spread a conspiracy theory …
At the age of 32, novelist Herman Melville had just released his new novel: Moby-Dick. Despite a lack of buyers and positive reviews, the young author had high hopes for the new work. In a promotional spirit, and perhaps a bit of guilt, Melville traveled to Nantucket to visit the fictional home part of Captain …
First Families in America have a lot of say in decorating their temporary home. From drapes to upholstery to paintings on the wall, so many changes from one president to the next This simple redecorating allows First Families to both stake their claim and make themselves more comfortable in the new and humbling environment As …
The Federal Reserve is injecting large sums of liquidity into the system in the hopes of preventing deflation—which, to most economists, is more to be feared than inflation. During a deflationary period, the value of all asset classes declines, leaving no safe haven except cash, which reduces the total investment in the economy and creates …
If you’re like most people, 2020 was not a year of travel. Walking through our lonely cities, even in bustling centers like New York City or Los Angeles, one might get the impression that humanity has ended. In the early days of quarantine, the first signs of vegetation growing over quarantine became apparent. The once …
