by Chris Barton | Oct 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Chris Barton, Staff Writer “Keep your money. It’s no good here. The economy isn’t working for 99% of us, so we’re building a new one,” claims Simbi’s website, a cheery blue and white page full of smiling people. Simbi is an online bartering platform. The idea is...
by Chris Barton | Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Chris Barton, staff writer In the Mountains of central Costa Rica, high above the San Jose and sometimes even above the clouds, lies the Dota Valley. The valley is shallow, its sides alternating between gently sloping, bucolic fields and steep, dense forest. The...
by Chris Barton | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Chris Barton and Aaron Rockwell, Staff Writers Here’re a couple facts to try and wrap your heads around: Roughly 40% of the food produced in the world goes to waste. Roughly 40% of the world’s population over 18 are overweight. Roughly 10% of the world’s population...
by Chris Barton | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Chris Barton, Staff Writer The 13th amendment of the U.S. constitution abolished slavery and forced labor, yet it left a glaring loophole: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,...
by Chris Barton | Sep 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Chris Barton, Staff Writer On November 29th, 1947, the UN general assembly adopted the Partition Plan for Palestine, officially calling for the end of British rule in the area roughly between the Mediterranean, the Sea of Galilee, and the Gulf of Aqaba. The UN...
