by Jake Ward On October 1, presidential hopeful Geraldo Alckmin achieved what analysts earlier had predicted to be virtually impossible, squeezing out a second-place victory in preliminary elections. Now, Alckmin, of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, faces a runoff against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – popularly known as “Lula”, the Portuguese word for […]
How to Try a Despot: The Hussein Trial and the Future of Iraq
by Holly Sun Once upon a time, there lived a tyrannical king who consecrated his authority by decimating his opposition. During his reign, over 400,000 people were systematically slaughtered and displaced. Because no laws in his country prohibited him from doing so, the king continued his genocidal pastimes until an old friend turned on him […]