• Will Trump’s promised land stretch to serve all Americans?

    The president’s victory speech may have been met with a patriotic, beating chant of “USA!”, but how far will Trump’s promised land stretch to serve all Americans? Efforts to heal and unite the nation may prove futile from a man as divisive as Donald Trump. Contrasting the mournful seen...
  • Liberty for Who? America, it’s time to give up the gun.

    ‘Somehow, this has become routine,’ Barack Obama said wearily of the Oregon school shooting in October. ‘The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up becoming routine… We have become numb to this.’ The President of the United States was reduced to reacting to gun violence...
  • A-Z of capital cities: Indianapolis

    Indianapolis is a mighty city; the largest in the whole of the mid-western state of Indiana and known as the crossroads of America through its role as a hub for several interstate highways. The city is affectionately called ‘Indy’ by locals, has a population of over 800,000 and acts as...
  • Cameron supports the TTIP. Here’s why we should be angry.

    David Cameron told delegates at the G20 conference last week that he was willing to fire ‘rocket boosters’ under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. By now familiar to many, the TTIP is an EU-US Free Trade Agreement that aims to establish increased trade between the European...
  • A-Z of Capital Cities: Atlanta

    Atlanta, capital of Georgia state, is a very unexpected city. While touted as the capital of the south, the city is a far cry from the southern stereotype of pickup trucks and country music. The street culture and music of this city are largely dominated by its status as...