Displaced Youth and the Power of Film
An Interview with LIVED Founder Katherine Baxter Katherine Baxter is Founder and Co-Director of LIVED, a non-profit that engages with displaced youth from around the world through documentary filmmaking. The documentaries and film workshops enable a new perspective for the kids and
Diary of a Diplomat’s Wife: Ambassadors Do it After Dinner
Now as all we Diplomatic Bags know to our constant frustration, the term Ambassadress shouldn't exist. And even when one uses the cumbersomely correct terminology– Wife of Ambassador – it still doesn’t carry much weight. Partner? You have to be
Rome Defaced and Degraded
New Populist Mayor Overwhelmed by Problems Is this still Rome, the Eternal City? On a sunny day in mid-April, a rat bit little Marco, a three-year old child, in the leg, near the ankle. He was playing in the park of
Advancing SDG 17 through Hyper-local Community Action
To achieve the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) by 2030, there needs to be considerable focus on how best practices from local action can be scaled to meet country level goals. For the last decade, IDEAS For Us (IDEAS)
Trump’s White House and the Politics of Nepotism
In the past year, the president of Azerbaijan’s wife became vice president, the president of Tajikistan’s son became mayor of the country’s capital city, Angola’s president appointed his daughter head of the state oil company and Ivanka Trump became an
Selective Empathy and the Media’s Responsibility to ALL Americans
Make America Great Again. It was the campaign slogan that Donald Trump ran on in one of the most controversial presidential campaigns in recent history. Trump had some characteristic campaign promises like no cuts to Medicaid or Social Security, simplifying
Inequality: A Personal Take On Economic Indicators
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post has been submitted by SOAS Entitled Magazine. Money is one thing that dominates today’s world, being the most common indicator that is responsible for measuring our quality of life. We’re judged by our income in measuring one’s standard
A Spiritual Adventure with Alexi Torres
Alexi Torres, an artist from Cuba, is known for his stunning oil paintings which are depicted in such way that they appeared as knitted and woven. His paintings are full of mystery, imagination, and elements of surprise, which emphasize the
Living the American Dream? Economic Opportunity for Resettled Refugees
“I remember the first time I ever met a refugee,” recalls Doug Hewitt, Co-Founder of 1951 Coffee Company, a specialty coffee nonprofit that provides job training and employment to the refugee community in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a
How Our Obsession with Testing Drives Educational Inequality
False Objectivity, Real Consequences “Our children need to be able to compete” they say. “We’re losing ground to Singapore and Finland,” they say. “Children from disadvantaged backgrounds won’t be able to get jobs in the new economy,” they say. American educational
My Superhero’s Name is Milly, and She Saves Lives in Uganda
Milly goes door-to-door selling every day goods and medicines in her hometown district of Kyengera. Kyengera is just outside Kampala, Uganda’s fast growing capital. She diagnoses and treats what could otherwise be debilitating and deadly disease and illness like malaria
Part II: Six Years Six Conflicts with Rick Findler
Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part interview. The first part was published on the 26th of April and can be found here. In the Photo: A sniper belonging to the Kurdish special forces takes aim during a small