Happy 10-Year Birthday to the Liberty Movement

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On May 15, 2007, Congressman Ron Paul stood on a Republican presidential debate stage ideologically alone

On May 15, 2007, Congressman Ron Paul stood on a Republican presidential debate stage ideologically alone in his party due to his opposition to the Iraq War and constant criticisms of George W. Bush. At the time, few people had ever heard of Ron Paul. He was an asterisk at best. The man of the moment…

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When Monarchs Run For Elections: Leadership Alternation in Africa

By Ngah Gabriel

A study in which we look at the level of democracy in four countries where the present incumbent has been in power for more than 15 years and four other countries where two or more Presidents succeeded in office in the last 15 years.

Culture Shift: Why Do So Many Young People Swing to the Left?

By Donald Gelestino Jr.

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By Richard Falvo

On Tuesday, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the Georgia 6th Congressional District special election in what was the most expensive House race in the history of American politics.

A New Poem For World Refugee Day

By Ana Maria Fores Tamayo

Two years ago on World Refugee Day, I published a very personal essay about my status as a refugee child, back then, yet what it is like now for refugees and asylum seekers. Today, I publish my own poem.

The Case of Zimbabwe’s Competitive Authoritarian Regime

By Farai Chirimumimba

2017 has already seen Zimbabwe’s social movements scaling down efforts to encourage government to act on high unemployment, rampant corruption and upholding with basic human rights due to threats of reprisals.

Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

By Joan Krickellas

The novel was selected for the Oprah Winfrey Book Club in 2016, was the winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Excellence, and, recently in April, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The Preventable Grenfell Tower Tragedy

By Richard Falvo

If proper procedure had been taken in placing the correct cladding on the building, regardless if it may have been more expensive, I suspect far less than 79 people would have lost their lives on June 14.

On Censorship and Political High School Yearbooks

The president has reached out to a group of New Jersey teenagers who recently made headlines

What Netflix’s New Film War Machine Says About US Policy

War Machine is not a great film, but it does convey some important truths to U.S. audiences

VIDEO: Using Poetry to Fight For Sudanese Free Speech

Poetry in a place that regularly ranks towards the bottom in press freedom and free speech

Lebanese Entrepreneur Turns Beirut Slum Into Vast Canvas

For one entrepreneur Beirut’s Ouzai neighborhood is the perfect canvas upon which to paint dreams

Syrian Artist Paints Trump and Other World Leaders as Refugees

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Why Iran Banned Zumba, Wrestling and Billiards This Year

Earlier this month Iran’s government banned Zumba, the popular exercise dance class