October 24, 2017
On October 22, 2017 Japanese voters headed to the polls to cast their ballots for members of the House of Representatives. As a Japanese and government double major, I immediately began to consider the ways in which this election could be compared…
October 23, 2017
As my professors often quip, Jordanians are nosy people. At a time when fewer foreigners, especially Americans, are traveling to the Middle East, people are even more curious about who you are and why you’re visiting. I experienced this questioning…
October 18, 2017
It’s 5:00 p.m. and the cathedral bells toll to mark the hour. La Plaza de Mayo, the square directly in front of the president’s office, is full of impassioned women fighting for the right to abortion. Although the abortion debate is not new to…
