Leopoldo López: Venezuela’s Leading Champion No toilet paper. Little electricity. Hospitals overloaded with patients laying on the floor. This is the situation that bedevils Venezuela today, not long after the death of the tyrannical Hugo Chávez and the increasing state crackdowns by his successor. Before everything deteriorated though, when the government began to steal from […]
READ MORESCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: Marybeth Iraheta
Russia’s jailing of a peaceful opposition activist for violating the country’s new law on public assemblies is a shocking and cynical attack on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years in jail by a Moscow court for repeated anti-government street protests. He is the first person to be […]
READ MOREScholarship Applicant Information:Anna Diyamandoglu
Citizens and residents of the United States alike pride themselves on their country’s freedoms. The first and foremost of these freedoms is our first amendment right to speak and publish whatever we believe or wish to express without fear of punishment. Over the last 230 years this right, or luxury even, has served as a […]
READ MORENaval Base on Jeju
I am an American, but I have lived and worked in South Korea as an ESL teacher for the past ten years. America has a few military bases set up throughout Korea, which causes concern and problems throughout the peninsula. Some of the old timers claim that the American military presence is necessary due to […]
READ MOREScholarship Application: Pyotr Pavlensky
Johanna Lohman My activist Pyotr Pavlensky is a thirty-one year Russian performance artist and political activist. He studied at the St. Petersburg Art and Industry Academy. He has gained worldwide attention in the last three years for his outrageous public performances, which usually involve some type of self-mutilation. The performances are intended to draw attention […]
READ MOREMy Activist by Inna Inic
Inna Inic 246 E. Coast Dr. Palm Harbor, FL 34683 3/9/1996 (727) 458-1311 University of Miami Criminal Justice Cindy Sheehan is known for her bravery for being an anti-war activist. She lost her son during the war action in Iraq and she fought hard to stop the war against Iraq and to save the […]
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