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The Jidahist Hall of Fame's Newest Entry: Ahmed al-Sharaa
On December 6, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by his ‘Roblox gamer tag’, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, emerged from the shadows to grant an...
Ahsan Suhail
Jan 74 min read
Big Brother Is Watching You: A 2024 Digest
As the curtains close on 2024, it becomes increasingly evident that this was a year where politics danced on the precipice of chaos and...
Ariba A
Dec 27, 20248 min read
Insights from Stockholm: An Interview with The Opinionated's Executive Director
Last month, The Opinionated hosted its first-ever in-person event: a debate with multiple youth parties in Sweden. I sat down with our...
Emily Reckard
Dec 24, 202413 min read
How to end the Russia-Ukraine War? Trump.
It's been over two and a half years since Russia entered Ukraine with the goal of capturing the country and introducing its pro-Russian...
Jack Dyson
Dec 7, 20243 min read
The Clock Is Ticking Toward Ukraine’s Darkest Hour
“Tick-tock” As I sit here, writing this article, the large clock behind me loudly tick-tocks. The sound, admittedly irritating and...
Ronan Nauert
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Deal or No Deal: Trump’s Ukraine Plan Spells Defeat
Things don't look so good. The bells of betrayal have seemingly rung for Ukraine since November 7th, 2024, when former President Trump...
Ma-Sadio Faye
Dec 3, 20243 min read
On Lebanon, Palestine, and the Middle Eastern Resistance
As almost a year has passed since the extended aggression of the historically imperialist Israeli genocide in Palestine, the rest of the...
Ariba A
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Has America Lost its Morality?
Day after day for the past year, my social media timelines have been filled with videos, pictures, and anecdotes of the atrocities...
berghilda07
Sep 25, 20244 min read
How More than One Million Venezuelans are Helping Shape the US.
In recent years, the influx of Venezuelan immigrants to the United States has played an important role in defining the landscape of...
Ella Daniels
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Institutions of Excellence: How the Deradicalization of American College Campuses Became a Self-Fulfilled Prophecy
It is dusk. Dozens of students guard Hamilton Hall (renamed Hind’s Hall) at Columbia University, their voices reverberating the same...
Ariba A
Sep 1, 20243 min read
Maybe, We are the Bad Guys.
America does an amazing job at instilling in its citizens that we are a positive protagonist on the grand world stage as a hegemon. We...
Emily Reckard
Aug 18, 20244 min read
In a Banana Republic, the Fruit is Always Bitter
On July 28, incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro won reelection in a campaign plagued with allegations of fraud and corruption....
Ahsan Suhail
Aug 13, 20243 min read
Venezuela's Silent Desperation
In 1998, Hugo Chavez won the Venezuelan elections. With the promise of a better future and economy, he filled the hearts of Venezuelans...
Elena Faddoul
Aug 7, 20243 min read
What the War in Ukraine and the Coup in Niger have in common
As we must all have already somehow discovered, last 26th July 2023 Niger’s presidential guard detained the country’s democratically...
Albert Pampalona Lisnenko
Jul 26, 20247 min read
Palestinian College Protests: A Danger to Our American Republic
There has been a new issue on our college campuses, as if rampant indoctrination wasn’t enough to begin with. Students are now protesting...
Ethan Bui
May 9, 20245 min read
Are you uncomfortable yet?
Protests hold a special place in American history, despite many being vehemently against them during the times they took place. Think...
Emily Reckard
May 3, 20243 min read
2024 - The year half of the world went to vote
No pressure on those of us eligible to vote in an upcoming election occurring within the next 11 months, but 2024 may very well be the...
Hilda
Jan 29, 20243 min read
Fashion in Politics
Fashion is a statement. It always has been. Throughout our history, the way we have chosen to dress ourselves has not only been a matter...
Hilda
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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