Introduction Over the last few months, there have been quite a few whisperings of Roe v. Wade, a case decided back in 1973, would be overturned by the United States Supreme Court. This case, in which it was decided that … Continue reading Abortion: It’s History and Women’s Right to Choose
The death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota has raised many questions regarding fatal police shootings in the USA in the past few years. The Wright case resulted in protests where hundreds of people flooded the streets asking for … Continue reading Fatal Police Shootings in the United States
Plagued by a horrifying and tragic history, people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are still slaving for a living. Unfortunately, the term slaving is not being used as a metaphor but as a reality for a lot of … Continue reading The Tragic Sufferings of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The world is burning as we are talking. As much as this sounds dreary, the truth remains that wildfires or forest fires raze the life in forests to the ground. The year 2020 confronted us with the devastating chapter of … Continue reading Forest Fires that Changed the World: A Burning Environmental Topic
First Part of Stranger in a Strange Land In a previous article, I wrote about the history of stranger-friendship and hospitality in Greece and early America. In short, both cultures possessed strong traditions about hosting guests from the unknown. Honor … Continue reading Stranger in a Strange Land: Modern America
Fake news and mass disinformation are increasingly popular subjects in public discourse, the media, and political debate. It is especially prominent during the current Covid-19 pandemic, prompting Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), to warn … Continue reading Anthropology: Socio-cultural Implications of Fake News and Mass Disinformation