Author / Zachary Sorensen
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Crisis in Mozambique Requires Changes
By Zachary Sorensen On March 24 militants linked to the Islamic State initiated an attack on Palma, a coastal town in the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique's far North. Sporadic fighting ensued over the course of the next several days. Eventually, the militants overwhelmed the defenses of the town, endangering around two hundred foreigners as… -
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Agtech For The Ag Coast
The United Nation’s median projection for the population of the world in 2050 is 9.7 billion people — an increase of over 25 percent in the planet’s population and 2 billion additional people from 2019. Although seemingly far off, 2050 is only a little over 30 years from now, meaning that most of us will…
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3D Printed Guns And Gun Control
I remember watching the Vice documentary, “3D Printed Guns,” six years ago. The documentary followed the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting where 26 people, most of them children, were killed — the bloody capstone of what was referred to by some as “the year of the gun.” The documentary itself covered the existence and development of…
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Rivers, Free Cities, And Condominiums
In some parts of the world you can be in two countries simultaneously. The section of the Moselle river that follows much of the border between Luxembourg and Germany isn’t owned by either country, nor is it divided along the middle—instead it is shared by both sovereign nations. The border is more of a permeable…
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Dollar Homes And Urban Decay
Soon, you might be able to buy a house in St. Louis City for $1. This comes after the Board of Aldermen passed a resolution to encourage the St. Louis Development Corporation to restart a homesteading program. Agree to live in and rehabilitate one of the vacant residential properties in public care, and you can…
