Sunday in Brazil is football day. From January to April the games of the State Championships take place; from May to December, it’s the matches of the Brazilian Championship. It is no wonder that the country is known for the…
Field Trip
It was 5:38 am, in a WhatsApp group. “Good morning, see you in 50 minutes behind the school 6:30 am” read the text from Alma Telibecirevic , Administrative Director for the SUSI program. Many arrived earlier, gathered inside at Taylor Place,…
Phoenix, the Colorful City
The beautiful city of Phoenix is in many aspects currently the fastest growing in the United States. It is the fifth biggest city in the country. Economically the city has registered massive growth; transport infrastructure has speedily developed to include…
Our Own Private Vortex
It would be difficult to ask this group of professionals and scholars, “Where are we meeting today?” without getting an array of mostly humorous replies. “Room 444, of course,” would be the simple answer. Far from being a 666 scenario,…
Ideal Democracy Under Threat
American elections and multi-tier democracies are considered the “ideal” for many countries across the globe. Federal- and state-level polls to elect president, senate, congress or bicameral state legislature are unique, and where policy debates have usually taken place. However,…
“The most important thing for a judge is not professional experience, but patience”*
What are the peculiarities of a precedent-based legal system? How should a judge perceive each judicial situation? These and other questions were addressed by Judge John Tuchi during the extremely informative visit by scholars from the “Journalism. Technology, and Democracy”…
Legislative Framework in a Democratic Journalism System
If 17 journalists and scholars coming from 17 countries on four continents worldwide gather in room 444 at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is that evidence of a free world? Especially if today we are talking…
Understanding Society
A few failures have started for a certain guy. He has no money, no job and his family is sinking into poverty. After his wife leaves him, he loses his apartment and joins the homeless. He lives in a shelter with his son. This is…
The Future Has Been Written on the Desert
Why is it so fascinating to play mind games with the idea of what the future will be like?Maybe because it allows you to daydream with the idea of immortality, picturing scenarios that you will probably never see. Or maybe…
“The tribe has spoken.”
Seventeen complete strangers from across the globe are thrown together in the middle of a hot and dry desert. Six weeks, four cities, a whole lot of luggage and a lifetime of memories to be made. This is not another…