Last summer, Paris stripped its bridges of the famous love locks that people flocked from around the world to Instagram. Since then, it’s been unclear what would happen to the 65 tonnes of metal. Yesterday, the city of Paris announced an amazing initiative with a two-fold benefit: local authorities are
As the global refugee crisis continues, the demand for suitable housing is only going to increase. Nobody knows that as much as the Netherlands. In 2015, close to 60,000 refugees arrived in the small country. Their solution wasn’t exactly ideal and involved the opening of an abandoned prison as temporary public
Despite over a million refugees arriving in Germany over the past two years, most residents have never actually had a conversation with their new Syrian, Iraqi or Afghani neighbours. Many aren’t even really aware of their presence. “It was all over the media, every day on the talk shows you had people talking
The next time you complain about what a cold April we’re having, spare a thought for someone travelling from Montreal to Toronto – on foot. Majdi Hareri, a McGill University student, is walking the 500-km stretch between the cities – 25km each day throughout the month of April – in
In a classic display of the internet doing its thing, a man’s absentmindedness on social media has been met with contempt by the greater online population. The man in question is an anonymous 20-something of Middle Eastern descent who lives in Washington. His cyber faux-pas? Objectifying a crisis. Over the
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