Illustrations by Stephanie Mannheim In Russia’s parliamentary elections on December 4, 2011, United Russia – the party of President-turned-Prime Minister-turned-current-President Vladimir Putin – won the majority of seats in the Duma, the Russian Parliament, amid cries (and video evidence) of widespread election fraud. On December 5, Russians took to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Over the course of the next three months, tens of tho...
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...Europe’s premier tournament, in his first year coaching, and in his next two seasons, Barcelona would only lose three league games (none of them to Madrid) and win the Champions League again. When Guardiola resigned after the 2011-2012 season, he had won 13 out of 16 possible major competitions in a four-year managerial stint, making him the most successful coach in Barcelona’s history. Moreover, when the Spanish national team won the World...
...of what make a weapon dangerous, provides only the illusion of safety. Statistically, the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was entirely ineffective, and Senator Feinstein’s new bill would be equally futile. Annually, between 2007 and 2011, rifles (assault weapons or not) made up roughly 3.7-5.0% of homicides by firearm and roughly 2.5-3.0% of homicides overall. Assault Weapons, as a definition, span multiple firearm types including rifles, shotguns, and...
Weihui Lu The numbers alone are striking. In 2011, the World Bank estimated the gross domestic product (GDP) of the state of Ecuador at approximately $67 billion. Chevron Corporation, by contrast, reported sales of $236.3 billion for 2011, with nearly $27 billion in profits alone. In the same year, a local Ecuadorian court ruling against Chevron in an $18 billion case over the company’s widespread pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest marked an...
...unfold, the international media eagerly reports. And then there is Bahrain, that small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf. Protests against the ruling al-Khalifa family monarchy have been a mainstay in the country since early 2011. Last month marked the two-year anniversary for demonstrations against the political domination of the Sunni ruling family and the marginalization of the Shi’ite majority. A 16-year-old boy was killed during clashes wi...
...e the vast consequences of such a bold policy in the international arena. The first nation determined enough to go southward will be sure to do so with other countries, provoking a reshuffling of the existing alliances. As of 2011, some states have already considered withdrawing from the Madrid Protocol to earn the “right” to disrespect the ban on exploration. They have invested or will invest billions of dollars in the development of...
from Wikimedia Commons The New York Marriage Equality Act, signed into law on June 25, 2011, was a central issue in several GOP primary elections for state legislature last Thursday. Four Republican Senators broke ranks in 2011 and supported the bill, making it possible for the legislature to enact legislation legalizing same sex marriage in New York. Three faced challenges from the far right last week, and in each the challenger’s campaign cent...
...but also the increase in global applicants. Columbia is not alone: Nationally, the class of 2012 saw an eight percent rise in international students compared to the previous year. Part of that is a natural push – in February 2011, Grinnell College told the New York Times that almost one in 10 of its applicants that year were Chinese international students. But universities encourage the trend as well, stumping for a more international student bo...
...has occupied a diverse range of positions and been consistently lauded for his efficacy and idealism. He was France’s Minister of Finance in the late 1990s and managing director of the International Monetary Fund from 2007 to 2011, at the height of the sovereign debt crisis. When he stepped down from his position at the IMF, economist Eswar Prasad remarked that the IMF would “find it hard to find as effective and skilful an advocate for kee...
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