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The Pendulum
Mar 3, 20213 min read
The Complicated Case of the White Ant
Nate Matzko On February 4th, 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convened in The Hague, Netherlands, to deliver a verdict on the...
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The Pendulum
Feb 17, 20215 min read
Red Light Districts: Sex, Desire, Power
DeVante Kee-Young Neon lights, bustling alleyways, street eateries, and calls from women trying to make a pretty penny from a sexual...
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The Pendulum
Feb 10, 20214 min read
The Faith of the Targeted: Government Surveillance of Muslim Americans
Amani Altwam Muslim Americans have been under the scrutiny of the United States Federal and local governments since the September 11th,...
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The Pendulum
Feb 3, 20213 min read
Sick Man of Europe: The Potential of Italexit
Della Maggio Despite the importance of the relationship between Italy and European Union (EU), tension between these two entities has...
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The Pendulum
Nov 20, 20204 min read
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Eldorado Park Remembers Lockies
Nate Matzko “They shot Lockies!” On August 26th, 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies left his home to make his evening rounds around his...
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The Pendulum
Oct 19, 20204 min read
Trinkets, Souvenirs, or Art?: African Art in the Face of Western Imperialism
Devante Kee-Young For centuries, Africa has been—and continues to be—exploited by more industrialized technological powers such as the...
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The Pendulum
Oct 12, 20203 min read
COVID Amongst Conflict and Crisis: How Syria Continues to Crumble Under the Pandemic
Jade Killion Battered and bruised from almost a decade of violent conflict, humanitarian crises, and economic hardships, Syria has...
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The Pendulum
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Contested Space: The International Race to Study the Unknown
Gavin Hunt In a fireball of light, sound, and smoke at 6:58 AM Tokyo time, the first mission to Mars by a Middle Eastern nation leaped...
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The Pendulum
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Milk Tea with a Side of Democracy: How Memes are Brewing a Political Movement
Mary Grace Nimmer In April, offended Chinese citizens took to twitter to attack Thai celebrities whose tweets implied that Hong Kong and...
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The Pendulum
Sep 14, 20204 min read
A Mother’s Life in Occupied Palestine
Amani Altwam It’s been 9 years since my mother has gone home. 9 years since she’s seen her childhood house. 9 years since she’s smelled...
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The Pendulum
Aug 29, 20203 min read
An Act of Backpedaling: Italy’s Migration Policy in the Era of COVID-19
Della Maggio In 2018 and 2019, the previous Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, introduced and pushed through parliament...
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The Pendulum
May 15, 20204 min read
Hong Kong's Long Fight
Katy Trawick The most recent protests in Hong Kong started in March of 2019. With a long history behind them, these have become the...
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The Pendulum
Apr 25, 20201 min read
Episode 2: Unspeakable, the Legal Language of International Rape Laws
Peyton Mitchell Special thanks to: Andy Gasparini, Austin Schlueter, Tyler McDougald, Mims Stewart and Luke Waldrop
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The Pendulum
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Female Genital Mutilation: A Feminine Sorrow
Mary Ann Fahmy In the poem Feminine Pain, Somalian Poet Dahabo Ali Muse writes, “it is what my grandmother called the three feminine...
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The Pendulum
Apr 3, 20203 min read
The Lebanese Deviation
Gavin Hunt Revolution. Last year was full of it, and the trend continues into this one. Hong Kong, Chile, Algeria, Spain, Ecuador,...
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The Pendulum
Mar 27, 20201 min read
Episode 1: The Macron Paradox Podcast
Gavin Hunt Special thanks to: Andy Gasparini, Editor-In-Chief Ashley Rhom, Europe Editor Luke Waldrop, Graphics Editor and Sound Engineer...
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The Pendulum
Mar 27, 20206 min read
The Trials of the Rohingya People, as Viewed by the UN
Ashley Rhom A years-long conflict in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has claimed the lives of thousands and gone largely unchecked by...
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The Pendulum
Mar 12, 20203 min read
Taiwanization for Dummies: A Simple Explanation of Taiwan’s Fight for Independence
Kingsley Ukuku Today, Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC) to the United States, constantly pops up in American news....
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The Pendulum
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Koalas Not Coal—Bushfire season leaves Australians fired up about climate change
Nate Matzko Ever since this past October, Australia’s bushlands continue to resemble scenes from the Book of Exodus. However, instead of...
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The Pendulum
Feb 28, 20204 min read
Coronavirus: Will it Demand Disease Diplomacy?
Aynsley Hartney and Austin R. Schlueter As of the time this article was written, there are over 80,000 reported cases of the coronavirus...
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