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The 2008 United States housing crisis was attributed to predatory mortgage lending and poor financial regulation. The areas of the country hit the hardest by the crisis have witnessed strong growth in the past year despite high jobless rates and few new mortgages being issued by lenders. According to the Case-Shiller home-price indices, in the Read More…
In her latest article, Rija Rasul discusses the second joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, signalling their shared concern for the fate of Christians in the Middle East and the responsibility of Muslim leaders to denounce acts of terror in the name of Islam.
The École Polytechnique massacre was a horrific crime. It was also the brutal, explicit assertion of an ideology that is usually hidden. Marc Lépine said he was “fighting feminism.” He said he wanted to stop women from “seizing [the advantages] accorded to men.” He said they had ruined his life. Fast-forward 25 years after December 6, 1989. This Read More…
Tazrian Alam explains the political and ideological motives behind the Montreal Massacre.
Nigel Trimble takes a look at who may replace the outgoing US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel
Tazrian Alam explains the problem increasing nuclearization of the Arctic through an international-level analysis.
Nigel Trimble investigates the possible consequence that the new Republican controlled Congress may have on the US defense budget
Augusta Waldie analyzes Britain’s immigration policy and the controversy surrounding it.
The global cocoa industry isn’t the dark place it was a decade ago, but more progress still needs to be made.
Egyptian court drops murder charges against Hosni Mubarak sparking mass protests.