Vivien Slíž
How can we find the middle ground? Is there a way to be a proper feminist without stepping on anybody’s rights? People will always be offended or judgmental no matter the ideology.
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No Longer Sleeping
Laura Palenčíková
It has been twelve years now, twelve years of a government headed by Robert Fico and made in the likeness of that strongman of the ‘90s. There have been numerous scandals in Slovakia on Fico’s watch. Somehow, we tolerated all that. Until the headlines hit our screens on Monday morning, February 26, 2018. Several groups of organized crime have operated in Slovakia.
Beyond Intractability: Anti-democratic Resistance
Laura Palenčíková
Two months ago, I was diagnosed with a case of chronic mistrust. Today, I am struggling with the disease, trying to defeat it. The disease started out inconspicuously. I received dose after dose of bold faced lies but did not realize that it what was happening.
Ján Kuciak wasn’t just a colleague — he was a good person. One who couldn’t be bought or scared off
Zuzana Petková
First published by eTrend.sk 26.02.2018, 14:05
[WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED THE DAY AFTER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST JÁN KUCIAK AND HIS FIANCÉ MARTINA KUSNIROVA — BOTH 27 YEARS OLD — WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH AT POINT-BLANK RANGE IN THE HOME THEY WERE FIXING UP TO MOVE INTO FOLLOWING THEIR WEDDING IN MAY 2018 – ED.]
Anti-semitism alive and well in the US
Pavlina Jones
On Saturday, October 27th, a hate crime broke out at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaving eleven people dead this is recorded as the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States' history.
Winter is coming: Why extremism is not the answer
Peter Sterančák
If you are a Game of Thrones fan you may be familiar with the phrase, “winter is coming.” Lord Stark’s dark warning of hard times coming fits not only the fantasy world of the TV series but our current reality, as well.
Mainstream philosophy's open secret...
Georgios Merkouris
The first question one needs to ask is why forms of bigotry like racism, sexism, and xenophobia arise and take hold in society in the first place.
A Warm Welcome to Slovakia
Mara Stieber
Before I came to Bratislava, Slovakia meant for me a blank spot on the map of Europe, the continent in which a fair deal of my twenty-two years life has been spent. I chose to spend my semester abroad in Slovakia since it was one of the only destinations of which I had no stereotypes at all.