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#9 Unsilencing: The Colonialism Issue

Portuguese Imposter Syndrome

According to my therapist, I suffer from impostor syndrome. But what if, when it comes to my citizenship, I actually am a fraud?

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#9 Unsilencing: The Colonialism Issue

The Black Curriculum

Studying postcolonialism at a higher academic level in the U.K. has its own set of ethical and moral trappings. Broadly, post­ colonial studies refers to the study of

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#8 The Climate Issue

Words of Comfort For The Eco-Anxious

“Eco-anxiety is a normal and understandable reaction to the problems we are facing.” Fernanda Buriola explores the emerging mental health struggle associated with the climate crisis.

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Denmark

0:00 / 0:00 Play this clip while reading Bron/Broen Copenhagen: where there are more bikes than people, and perhaps more bridges than bikes. Aside from

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Spain

0:00 / 0:00 Play this audio while reading Between the narrow streets of the Ciutat Vella (old town), Parc Güell and the Sagrada Familia, it

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Slovenia

A cinema in Šiška  For its size, the Slovenian capital has a big, beating heart when it comes to live music. Ljubljana is named after

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Istanbbul on a sunny day while pigeons are soaring in the air
#7 The Silver Lining

Socially Undistancing

The Okmeydani quarter in Istanbul is a melting pot of marginalized groups, including Kurds, Alevis, refugees and leftists. As the pandemic hit, the community responded with solidarity.

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The Resurrection of Habermas

What do the BLM protests and the Dominic Cummings scandal have in common? “The pandemic has pulled our society back together and the internet can briefly function as the great digital equalizer that was sold to us by the tech utopians of the 1990’s,” writes Firecrest. But will the angry summer of 2020 be cathartic or merely therapeutic?

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#7 The Silver Lining

Illegal Streets

This photo series uncovers the people behind the faceless problem of homelessness in Hungary, where living on the streets is against the law.

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Person in medical scrubs navigating a touch screen wall filled with fake news.
#7 The Silver Lining

A Job for Elves

In the Baltic states on Europe’s eastern edge, the corona pandemic has breathed new life into bots and propagandists of all creeds and colors. But it has also provided those fighting disinformation a new sense of purpose.

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Nordicana: The Genre You Wish You Knew

The Norwegian band, Darling West, plays songs that bring together Americana country music and Nordic folk. American music has influenced Norway, which in turn adopted it as its own, but with a new twist. The result is Nordicana. Darling West share their insights in an interview.

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The Whisperers

This is the mysterious story of one of the most notorious whisperer-witches in Eastern Poland. In a battle between society’s God and the devil, the Polish whisperers fill up their own space of ritual, healing and prayer. Journalist Ada Petriczko goes on a journey to discover their unique role in their community and find a Whisperer who would actually talk to her.

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Stained glass in the Catholic church but make it LGBTQ
#6 Losing our Religion

Could prayer become gayer?

Finding your place in the Catholic Church as a homosexual is no walk in the park. But there are grassroots movements that are helping LGBT+ Catholics find their place.

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#3 Uprooted

At the Heart of Hate

Generation Identity is today the fastest growing far-right youth movement in Europe. And they are not playing around.

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