Keeping Score: Water Shortage And Train Troubles

How will tourists feel about riding trains packed with eight to nine people per square meter?

Keeping Score: Social Cleansing For The Cup

Comments (56) | 2014 World Cup, Brazil, Brazilian government, Columnists, Copa do Mundo, evictions, favelas, fifa, keeping score, poverty, public transportation, rio de janeiro, Sanitation, Socioeconomic, World Cup

Georgia Soares
Columnist

The Brazilian government tries to solve its favela problem by sweeping it under the rug.

Keeping Score: Social Cleansing In Favelas For The World Cup

Comments (208) | 2014 World Cup, Brazil, Brazilian government, Columnists, Copa do Mundo, favelas, fifa, rio de janeiro, World Cup

Georgia Soares
Columnist

Can Brazil sweep it's 'favela problem' under the rug?

Keeping Score: Rioting For More Than Football

Georgia Soares
Columnist

Why are Brazilians suddenly turning against their national sport?

Keeping Score: Expect Trouble At Brazil's World Cup

Georgia Soares
Columnist

Why the cons of hosting this year's World Cup in Brazil outweight the pros.

The Brazilian Government Is Failing Its People

Comments (7) | Brazil, Corruption, Fernando Haddad, Geraldo Alckmin, Opinion, police, Protests, public transit, São Paulo

Georgia Soares
Contributor

Brazil has once again disappointed its citizens who daily breathe its corrupted air.

Supreme Court Should Overturn Prop 8

See-Ming Lee, Creative Commons

Marriage goes beyond procreation: it is based on love, care and the creation of a family.

Attractiveness Leads To Success

Falcon Writing, Creative Commons

We should recognize our own natural response to beauty because of its influence on society.

Pentagon Combat Decision Justly Expands Women's Rights

Comments (1) | ban on women in combat, female soldiers, gender discrimination, Leon Panetta, military fitness, Opinion, pentagon, Secretary of Defense, u.s. military, United States, women, women in combat, women's rights

Georgia Soares
Contributor

Women can now serve in positions that match their capabilities.

Brazil's New Affirmative Action Law Widens Rich-Poor Gap

Comments (6) | affirmative action, Brazil, brazilian indians, Brazilian Ministry of Education, education funding, government corruption, mestiços, mixed race, mulatos, Opinion, pardos, public university, public vs. private schools, University of Brasilia

Georgia Soares
Contributor

(Agência Brasil)

There are two problems with the reasoning behind this radical law.

Twitter Acts On Policy Of "Country-Withheld Content," Sets Problematic Precedent

Comments (3) | censorship, country-withheld content, Germany, government, Internet, nazi, Opinion, social media, threat, Twitter

Georgia Soares
Contributor

(Wikimedia Commons)

Twitter's action demonstrates a corporation's ability to gain censorship power in accordance with external governmental policies.

Schools Must Turn Their Attention To Creative Writing

Comments (7) | arts, creative writing, Education, high schools, LA Times, Opinion, standardized tests

Georgia Soares
Contributor

(Jonathan Reyes, Creative Commons)

The failure of formulaic writing to foster originality in students' writing calls for exposure to creative writing.

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Keeping Score: Water Shortage And Train Troubles

Keeping Score: Social Cleansing For The Cup

Keeping Score: Social Cleansing In Favelas For The World Cup

Keeping Score: Rioting For More Than Football

Keeping Score: Expect Trouble At Brazil's World Cup

The Brazilian Government Is Failing Its People

Supreme Court Should Overturn Prop 8

Attractiveness Leads To Success

Pentagon Combat Decision Justly Expands Women's Rights

Brazil's New Affirmative Action Law Widens Rich-Poor Gap

Twitter Acts On Policy Of "Country-Withheld Content," Sets Problematic Precedent

Schools Must Turn Their Attention To Creative Writing

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