She is You: A nod to Female Lawyers
“When I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked....
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Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Mar 5, 2023
Satellites, manta rays and a new president
Another week, another news round up of what happened these past seven days. So let’s dive into this new week and a new month. Welcome to...
Ninetin Lu
Mar 2, 2023
Taiwan: An Island in Shadow
While the world’s press see the Chinese military drills around Taiwan as signalling the commencement to WW3, it’s business as usual for...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
Feb 20, 2023
A week of celebrations and tragedies
Another week has gone by full of positive and negative events from all around the world. So without further ado, let’s start: First of...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Feb 17, 2023
You got a baton, I got some words: spotlighting police violence as our birthday cake
Disclaimer: white privilege in front of law enforcement bodies does exist in Europe, and the level of structural racism and extreme...
Hadrian Di Ianni
Feb 12, 2023
The humanitatian crisis of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake
4:17 am. A cold Monday morning near the town of Gaziantep, on the border between Turkey and Syria. A tremor of a record-breaking 7.8...
Chloé Leplatre
Feb 9, 2023
Becoming a woman (title in progress)
I am becoming a woman, that’s what everyone says. I don’t even really know what that means, I never looked in the dictionary to find a...
Jonathan Wijayaratne
Feb 5, 2023
Is there really anything to celebrate?
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of independence from British rule yesterday, 4 February 2023. For this...
Alodia Heijmans
Feb 2, 2023
Estonia, a state fractured in several worlds
When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...
Leilani Radaideh
Jan 31, 2023
Bacon’s 1973 Triptych: Death on a Toilet Seat
Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.
Anthi Likitsakos
Jan 29, 2023
Another week where a lot went wrong...
Ah, the January project period. A time in Maastricht when the streets are a little emptier than usual with some students not yet returned...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
Jan 26, 2023
Going with the flow? - Becoming aware of my period privilege
Disclaimer: Before you go on reading this article, I would like to say that the article is limited to period poverty and will not...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Jan 22, 2023
Snowball Fights
Nothing has been a more central topic of conversation to the people of Maastricht than the snow we have seen the last few days. You open...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Jan 15, 2023
Luetzerath bleibt - Germany vs Fossil Fuel
For over a decade, Germany has been rolling out their strategy for the “Energiewende”, the transition to producing all energy required...
Emre Kupcuk
Dec 11, 2022
Britney Griner is released from Russian arms – Are we entering an era of encouraged hostage taking?
Britney Griner, the American professional basketball player who had been detained in Russia for 294 days, is now back home in Texas. This...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Dec 9, 2022
One victory sour for Argentina, please
There was no sun getting through the holes of the tangled curtain of our room’s window. Humid, densely hot and cloudy began a day in...
Ninetin Lu
Dec 4, 2022
Paper Cannot Wrap the Fire - Rebellions Revisited
For those who are frustrated and cannot speak (up). In last week’s Sunday Summary, we reported on a number of protests in Europe and...
Leen Mahayni
Nov 27, 2022
Rebellions... (for the planet, for human rights and for the right to govern over your own body)
Let’s recap this week. In this Sunday Summary, we will mainly focus on protests. We will talk about the recent protests in Utrecht and...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Nov 13, 2022
Paradoxical climate summits, grounded private jets and liberation in Ukraine -this week in the world
Another Sunday, another crazy week. In this week's Sunday Summary, we will touch upon the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Jonathan Wijayaratne
Nov 6, 2022
Defining racism: a(nother) French debate
France has gotten lost in semantics. New words, hardly definable, are brought up by the center-right to discredit progressive ideas —...
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