THE NEWS
MID-TERMS 2018 in the US
BBC REPORT - YEAR OF THE WOMAN
THE NEW YORK TIMES - HISTORICAL WINS : MINORITIES
US ELECTIONS 2016: Final Election on November 8th
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Activities about the American Elections
Find out which candidate fits best the issues you care about with this
PROS and CONS on major issues during the campaign:
What is Brexit?
THE US ELECTIONS explained: VIDEO and How to become a US President
US ELECTIONS on the BBC WEBSITE and a step-by-step explanation of the process
Democrats VS Republicans Who thinks what?
Another obituary... Let's have a look at Prince's career
David Bowie's obituary in The Guardian (a British daily newspaper): http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/11/obituary-david-bowie
PARIS ATTACKS - some early foreign VIEWPOINTS and analysis
Adam Kirsch, a poet and critic from NYC: http://www.politico.eu/article/paris-an-atrocity-foretold-attacks-911-newyork/
The Australian News website called Matilda about "Western selective grief": https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/14/paris-attacks-highlight-western-vulnerability-and-our-selective-grief-and-outrage/
Retaliation - Is it lawful? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/isis-attack-on-paris-may-be-an-act-of-war-but-retaliation-might-not-be-lawful
LAWS and TERRORISM
anti-terrorism judges: http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Anti-terrorist-judges-from-around
new laws vs human rights - an old question...: http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/30/topic/5
SOCIAL SCIENCE - an anthropologist's viewpoint at the UN - How to counter violent extremism? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-atran/violent-extremism-social-science_b_7142604.html
Check the page "Understanding recent events" below for more information...
Guy Fawkes Day (5th of November): http://www.michellehenry.fr/bonfire.htm
An Unusual Candidate for the coming elections in the US...
Read the article from Rolling Stone magazine to know more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/weekend-with-bernie-sanders-20150709
Watch a short video interview of him on CBS: https://youtu.be/dMYNNPqJYwQ
Threat to secularism in India
An interview with 1998 Nobel prize-winning welfare economist: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/bsW9sbkBQUeH1ntj9uxAAK/Threat-to-secularism-stronger-than-in-the-past-Amartya-Sen.html
Migrants in Europe
Have a look at the BBC website: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24583286
EU immigration rules in 90 seconds: https://youtu.be/jhBlYwxcaLY