By a GSS correspondent ISLAMABAD — As I wrote about the recent Bacha Khan University shooting in Charsadda, Pakistan, including interviewing students for their reaction to the latest school massacre, one thing came to mind: It’s clear that desensitization is…
By Ana Madero GSS Correspondent PARIS — According to the World Factbook, slightly more than 1 billion people worldwide are illiterate. Too often, a lack of education has a direct link to poverty. The organization Room to Read estimates that 171 million people would no…
OAKLAND, Calif. — In this installment of Immigration Nation, student Dominic Pham talks about why he and his family left Ho Chi Minh City, and the family he had to leave behind. After arriving in the U.S., "I needed to change my…
OAKLAND, Calif. — In this installment of Immigration Nation, student Ahmed Salim talks about being born in Vienna, living in Amsterdam, and finding his father in Oakland. "The worst thing in life is not to be settled in one place," says Salim,…
PARIS — Students from around the world are gathering for PAMUN XV, the 15th annual Model UN conference in Paris, which begins on Feb. 13. Scheduled to take place last November, PAMUN XV was delayed due to the Nov. 13 terror attacks in…
President Obama spoke at a Baltimore mosque today, describing "one American family" whose history includes Muslims in virtually all walks of American life, from inspiring the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom penned by Thomas Jefferson, to working on the car assembly lines created…
By Celine Lopez, GSS correspondent Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Nov. 25, 2015 following the terror attacks in Paris. Today's address by President Obama to the Islamic Society in Baltimore echoes many of the same points Lopez makes below. STOCKTON, California —…
By Louis Grelot, GSS film critic PARIS — Thirty years after the third installment of the series, Mad Max is back! For those who may not be familiar with the franchise, Mad Max recounts the non-linear story of Max Rockatansky,…
By Louis Grelot, GSS film critic PARIS — "An Inconvenient Truth" is an Academy Award-winning documentary released in 2006. Technically, it is a recording of a presentation by Al Gore, who lost the U.S. presidential election to George Bush in 2000.…
By Matthew Kimani GSS Correspondent STOCKTON, California — Seven years into his presidency, President Barack Obama’s visit Feb. 3 to the Islamic Society of Baltimore was a much needed gesture of friendship and solidarity with American Muslims. Since 9/11, Muslim…