Analysis by Cherly Abou Chabke, Staff Writer

While New Zealand has been heralded as one of the countries with the most efficacious COVID-19 containment response, it is crucial to notice that this success masks wider health and socio-economic disparities within the country, particularly between the Indigenous Māori and Pākehā, who make up respectively 16.5 % and 8.1% of New Zealand’s 4.7 million people.

Policy Analysis by Mounia El Khawand, Staff Writer

Earlier this month, the first new military service flag to be revealed in over 72 years, according to the White House, was presented to a triumphantly beaming President Trump. Years in the making already, and long-advocated for by the current head of state since the earliest stages of his term, the United States Space Force constitutes the newest and sixth branch of the United States military.

 The identity of this Staff Writer will remain undisclosed for security and safety reasons. Libya has been experiencing  an ongoing civil war for a year between the Eastern government led by military commander Haftar and the Western government led by UN appointed Prime Minister Fayez Seraj. Both sides have had international support and funding of their weaponry  most noticeably Turkey for the Western government and Emirates for the Eastern government, giving rise to suspicion of a proxy war taking place.

Opinion Analysis by Roa Daher, Staff Writer

As the number of articles proclaiming globalisation as ‘dead’ increase, it becomes clear that the actual topic being discussed in such articles is specifically economic globalization. While the importance of the economic dimension of globalization should not be underestimated …

Analysis by Joelle El Sheikh, Staff Writer and Sarah Yehya, Staff Writer

The United States of America, a country known for its liberal identity and its constant fight to ‘instill democracy’ in the world, still suffers from the most basic anti-liberal, anti-humanitarian, and anti-democratic issue of racism. While the world is struggling to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the United States finds itself facing a bigger, more dangerous pandemic: Racial Injustice. On Monday evening, George Floyd, an African American man, was placed in a choke-hold for an alleged crime. This is merely a sample of what the black people in America face everyday.

Opinion News Analysis by Tala Karkanawi, Staff Writer

It remains evident that the degree to which Anonymous works has impacted greatly on the ongoing socio-political situation in the US right now, especially with Presidential elections coming up. Anonymous has resurfaced, and apparently this is just the beginning. The people are furious, and have awoken. George Floyd might be the tip of the iceberg as Anonymous said, but it is the spark of a new flame in how the socio-political condition will evolve and change in the United States.

Analysis by Elissa Hassan, Contributor and Sarah El-Abd, Editor-in-Chief

Amidst the global pandemic, killing over 100,00 Americans, and amidst the most widespread racial protests as a part of the Black Lives Matter movement across the US, SpaceX Demo-2 launches successfully as the first mission of its kind since the 2011 national tragedy…. 

Opinion News Coverage by Tala Karkanawi, Staff Writer

Sweden’s intensive care units (ICUs) have not been swarming with patients to dangerous extents, and hospital staff with families and children, although of course under immense pressure, have not had to manage further childcare responsibilities seeing as daycares and lower schools continue to work. Finally, until a vaccine or other form of immunity and treatment is developed, epidemiologist Emma Frans says immunity will "probably be important" for Sweden.

Opinion Analysis by Farah Termos, Staff Writer

COVID-19 has so far been a testimony for presidents to prove their political viability as leaders. Yet, Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, has willingly undermined the virus, and loosely handled the crisis. With COVID-19 daily cases upping 15,000, to fraud scandals and ministers resigning, it seems as if Bolsonaro is setting up Brazil for failure - possibly subjecting it to a year where casualties have substantially risen - and one that is politically, economically and socially deteriorating: a year that political analysts have dubbed as Brazil's "year of the dead".

Opinion piece by Tala Al Otaibi, Staff Writer

This year, the 15th of May, marks 72 years since the Palestinian Nakba was marked. The Arabic word Nakba (النكبة) translates to catastrophe. Over the past several decades, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their homes as a product of the aggression inflicted by the Israeli government and military. Dedicated to Mr. Munir Mansour, one of the most inspiring Palestinian men I could have ever come across.

News coverage analysis by Taleen El Ghareeb, Staff Writer

With only around 12,700 active cases and relatively low death rate. Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) says that the country’s infection rate has dropped below key threshold. And despite Germany’s outstanding performance and undefeated healthcare system, ignorance still lies in its lands. In early May, unlikely alliances have been formed and demonstrations swelled against virus lockdowns: conspiracy theorists, anti-Vaxxers, neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists have joined forces to wreak havoc in Berlin and …

Opinion piece by Karim Bassil, Staff Writer

Published 71 years ago, 1984 is a novel that conservatives, liberals, socialists, libertarians and anarchists, claim cannot be merely “political thought disguised as a novel”. Dystopia, is the word normally associated with George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). Along with that, it is, to a debatable and varying degrees; a prophecy, a political thesis, a satire, a warning, a work of science fiction, a psychological horror, a gothic nightmare, a postmodern text and a love story.

Opinion analysis by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

China and Taiwan have been in a worm pool of political turmoil since the beginning of communism in the East, with the ruling Kuomintang government fleeing to the island, as the Chinese communist party took over the nation. However, as the Kuomintang government migrated into the borders of Taiwan, their dictatorship rule followed. Eventually, the people’s opposition and resistance to the authoritarian regime resulted in ..

Opinion piece by Mario Keyrouz, Contributor

The first half of the 20 th century is filled with so many events that can be labeled as mistakes and disappointments, and so a question arises: “How can past mistakes be avoided?”Part of the answer is self-evident: a past mistake cannot simply be avoided without having previous knowledge of it. From thereon it becomes necessary to gaze upon history rather than just throw a glance at it. The pre-requisite of Genocide, like conquest, lies in having too much power concentrated in the hands of the very few..

Opinion piece by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

When did gender begin overshadowing competency? Amidst the chaos of the ongoing pandemic, many nation leaders were commemorated for their intelligent responses to the threat arriving at their borders. Yet what I don’t seem to grasp is why several media outlets correlated numerous effective nation responses to the gender of their leaders?

Opinion piece by Michael Sadek, Staff Writer

The idea that science is knowledge, knowledge is power, and power is politics does not justly outline the relationship between science and politics. It is rather too superficial to point to an intrinsic incompatibility between the two – obviously, not in all cases. The goals of politicians often do not go hand in hand with recommendations made by scientific advisory committees, be it for economic or ideological reasons - and the pandemic has certainly proved so for Lebanon.

Opinion analysis by Robin Madi, Staff Writer

Over the past 6 months, billionaires around the world have generously contributed to the fight against the COVID pandemic. Generous donations have aimed to find the right vaccine to suppress the losses and boosting the immunity. However, one of them stands out on the path of philanthropy and benevolence. Co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has announced that he’s

stepping down from both board of directors of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway ....

Policy Analysis by Jana Al Hassanieh, Staff Writer

We have been hearing a lot about “flattening the curve” for the coronavirus outbreak to stabilize and slow down its spread. Why don’t we flatten the curve for climate change? Why don’t we aim to stabilize the rising global temperatures through climate change mitigation and adaptation measures? Environmental issues and climate change should be integrated into how we frame our developing economic progress and tackling any crisis. 

Biden has always been a strong advocate for Israel throughout his political career, where even though he may not be in favor of israel annexing the West Bank he continues to make statements like; “Israelis wake up every morning facing an existential threat from their neighbors in the region, and they live each day with tremendous courage, but also anxiety.”

In the Arab world, the biggest issue is not the fact that the population suffers less when it comes to mental disorders. It is more of an issue that has to do with stigma and ignorance. Oftentimes, mental health disorders go unnoticed, undiagnosed, and untreated as a direct result of the stigma that consumes the Middle East and is embedded in its social context.