Niger and Chad are two of the poorest countries on the planet. The first is administered by a military junta that deposed the democratically elected president in July and has been keeping the former head of state and his family in confinement ever since. The latter is basically a family-run enterprise, with the current president, Mahamat Idriss […]
The below piece is the winning collegiate essay in the Network of Enlightened Women’s 2024 essay contest. Every human possesses an innate desire to feel heard, seen, and understood, but the unfortunate truth is that genuine community can be hard to come by. College life, in particular, presents a huge challenge to conservative young women […]
Iran’s leaders regularly espouse the goal of eradicating the state of Israel. Earlier this month, Iran acted on that goal, launching for the first time an attack on Israel from its own soil. Iranian leaders have threatened future responses from Iranian territory. A line has been crossed. This attack and any future escalation pose a […]