Experiences while Reporting Abroad
Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor
August 9, 2017
Filed under Top Stories, Web Exclusive, World & Nation
In late June 2017, I traveled to India to do reporting as a Campus Consortium fellow of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Nalina was one of the women I interviewed for an article on the struggles of Indian women. I reported on the family burdens they shoulder and the opportunities that have he...
Greensboro protests for climate, environment
Abe Kenmore, Opinion Editor
May 7, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Bluegrass from the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Old Time Ensemble welcomed a modest, but enthusiastic, crowd of protestors to Greensboro’s central park on Saturday, April 29, for the Greensboro People’s Rally for Climate, Jobs and Justice. “Most of our states, most of our cities,...
Piracy resurges off Somalian coast
Abe Kenmore, Opinion Editor
May 5, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Piracy may have returned to the coast of Somalia. In a press conference at Camp Lemonnier, a U.S. naval base in Djibouti and the only U.S. military base in Africa, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Marine General Thomas Waldhauser announced that they were monitoring an increase in recent instances...
News in Brief
Aarushi Ahuja, Staff Writer
May 5, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro supports rewriting the national constitution. His proposal would reorganize the existing legislative body and change the election system to “direct and secret vote” by this new body according to Al Jazeera. These changes were announced at a Caracas...
2017 French presidential election: voters choose between Macron, Le Pen in runoff
Ian Penny, World and Nation Editor
May 5, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Since the establishment of the French Fifth Republic, candidates from the center-left Socialist Party and center-right political parties that preceded The Republicans have won the nation’s top office. After the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, however, neither party is in a position...
Terror attack shakes Paris, France
Beatriz Caldas, Managing Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Almost a year after the Nice attack, France has again been the stage for conversations about terrorism. This time, an attack happened in Paris on the Champs-Élysées, the city’s most famous avenue located in the eighth arrondissement. On April 20, according to French police, a suspect, who arrived...
Trans ‘Survivor’ contestant outed on show
Sonia McLamb, Staff Writer
April 28, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Since House Bill 2 was enacted last year, North Carolina has been in the news time and time again due to the issue of transphobia, as both a producer of bigotry and a site of resistance. On April 12, Greensboro native and reality game show contestant Jeff Varner outed fellow competitor Zeke Smith...
News in Brief
Ian Penny, World and Nation Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
Brazil On April 25, indigenous people protesting in Brasília, Brazil, clashed with police officers. About 4,000 people attended the protest, which concerned legislation about indigenous land rights. Farmers and native groups have clashed in recent months. “We carried 200 coffins symbolizing the...
Turkish referendum offers power to the president
Nicole Zelniker, Editor-In-Chief
April 28, 2017
Filed under In Print, World & Nation
While half the country is singing praises of the president, the other half is shouting for a revolution. On April 16, a national referendum passed, giving Turkish President Recep Erdogan more power than any president in Turkey’s history. “God willing, these results will be the beginning of...
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