Jan 21 2008
I took advantage of a domestic article assignment to do reporting for next issue’s main. Over winter break I spent a few days in central and southern Illinois to report from a state that reached its peak of coal production in 1918. Nevertheless, the coal industry remains a powerful one in Springfield, as it is in many state capitals.
Jan 20 2008
For those who do not know me, I am a 07 grad who worked for The Globalist for two of my years at Yale. I am currently spending the year in South America to study Spanish and to travel around a bit. I understand that some of the current Globalist members took a research trip to Venezuela in the spring for the Fall issue, gaining insights into Hugo Chavez’s socialist revolution. Well, an astoundingly similar effort is being undertaken in Bolivia, where I have been for the last three and a half months, so I thought I’d comment on it here.
Jan 10 2008
Following up on the RCTV Article in the Venezuela Issue of the Yale Globalist with the Story in Pictures and Video
RCTV in Film:
RCTV in Pictures:
Riot Police outside of the CONATEL building in Venezuela. CHENEY
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Jan 06 2008
With Barack Obama the new front runner for the Democratic nomination after his victory in Iowa, the Illinois senator faces revived scrutiny from the international media and the Washington chattering class. But one aspect of Obama’s candidacy that has not garnered much attention is his uniquely international biography and what it means for U.S. foreign policy.
Jan 06 2008
Amandla Ooko-Ombaka ‘10, another Yale student election monitor and a Kenyan herself, sends The Globalist this update from Nairobi:
Jan 04 2008
My sister and I, along with seven other Yalies, served as student monitors for the Kenyan elections on December 27. Mostly for the catharsis of it, we wrote a short piece about our frustrations with international coverage of the post-election violence. Warning: since I’m a blog-noob, I haven’t figured out how to manipulate those essential elements of formatting like paragraph indentations. Apologies!
What We Saw in Nairobi: Student Election Monitors On the Ground for the Kenyan Elections
As the tragic violence unfolds following Kenya’s presidential and parliamentary elections, the prevalent images in the media are of mobs wielding machetes and burning cars. The emphasis on this post-election violence is inevitable, but it overshadows the integrity of millions of Kenyan voters on election day.