Can yoga lower recidivism rates in the American prison system?
More than two million people are currently locked up in prison, making the United States the country with the highest incarceration rate...
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Pauline Keller
- Mar 16
Pearls in the current of time
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Leilani Radaideh
- Mar 8
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....
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- Mar 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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