Up All Night-Interview

Mar 10, 2017 | General Advice, World Affairs

03/10/2017

Rhod Sharp presents news, interviews and stories from around the world.

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How Donald Trump would destroy America (and possibly the world)

May 19, 2016 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, mic, Science and Technology, Terrorism, World Affairs

Published: The Good Men Project (May 19, 2016)

America is in a “boy who cried wolf” situation right now. We’ve grown so accustomed to comparing our presidents with tyrants, or insisting that a candidate’s ascent to power will result in calamity, that even those of us who see an actual wolf in our midst aren’t being taken seriously.... Read Original Article

An aggressive military response is precisely what ISIS wants

Nov 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Immigration, mic, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Terrorism, World Affairs

Published: Salon (November 20, 2015), The Daily Dot (November 18, 2015)

As the world reels from the last Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris, millions of people have taken to Twitter to share their grief and outrage… and many echoed Donald Trump’s call to “bomb the shit” out of them.

The desire to immediately strike back at ISIS with overwhelming force is understandable.... Read Original Article

A Plain-English Explanation of How Greece Got Into Its Debt Debacle

Jul 13, 2015 | Economic Policy, History, mic, World Affairs

Published: Question of the Day (July 13, 2015)

Greece’s years-long debt crisis has finally come to a head this summer. Though Greece looks like it’ll get its third bailout in five years, the Greeks were very much on the brink for the last few weeks, and very close to being kicked out of the eurozone over the last few days.... Read Original Article

What 9 World Leaders Were Doing In Their 20s

Jun 2, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), General Advice, History, mic, Millennials, World Affairs

Published: Question of the Day (June 2, 2015)

These were really formative years. The 20-something years are often as sharply defined by the “something” aspect of that term than by their numerical designation. This is the decade in which so many of us struggle to find ourselves in our careers; for some, the path lies clearly in front of us, while for others it wind around and is covered in shadows.With... Read Original Article

Bangladesh’s government is stealing land from its citizens

May 15, 2015 | World Affairs

Published: Quartz (May 15, 2015)

I hadn’t spoken to my friend Raad since our undergraduate days at Bard College, in New York, nearly a decade ago. But as I listened to her father’s story, it quickly became apparent why she had spent the past few days frantically contacting friends who worked in the media.... Read Original Article

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