Tag: Country

Patrick Cox: Hands up who has a parent from another country. OK, maybe not hands up if you’re driving. This is what a lot of us have in common: We feel fake when we root for our parent’s country. If my Irish dad and I watched any kind of sporting contest involving an Irish man or w...

What Are AdSense Country Tiers? AdSense country tiers are a way for Google to categorize countries based on their earnings potential. Countries are grouped into tiers based on their average cost per click (CPC) for AdSense ads. The higher the CPC, the higher the tier. There are three AdSense coun...

One thing that struck me in 2015 while watching the Trump rallies that were broadcast every day on cable news was how much fun attendees appeared to be having. I was particularly struck by an interview with a woman who said to a reporter while standing in line, “I just want to chant ‘loc...

First, it was the Malagasy immigrants who had settled here long before my arrival — mostly second-generation immigrants. To them, they were the true immigrants because they had been here long enough, having endured the trials and tribulations of immigration, and having a deep un...

Born into a then-illegal biracial marriage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s childhood, and now her poetry, recalls the country outskirts of Gulfport, Mississippi, where Blacks and whites lived tenuously together, making a way out of no way. Trethewey is part of a growing cohort of modern ...

To be fair to Trump, he wasn’t the first American President to adopt an anti-Haiti stance. In 1791, when news of the Haitian Revolution reached George Washington, he immediately sent aid to the white government there. America’s immediate concern was that the slave revolt in Hai...

I want to introduce you to Zomia. Zomia is the 8th largest country in the world by area, spanning over 2.5 billion square kilometers. It hosts a vibrant and diverse population of over 130 million people, comparable in size to the likes of Japan and Mexico. Zomia also boasts some of the planet’...

I started writing this piece last summer, when the majority of country music stars remained silent about Charlottesville.¹ As a musician and as a fan, I wanted to be part of a more organized anti-racist response, and I wished there were a group called Country Music Against White Supremacy so I ...

Have you ever thought about moving abroad? Are you in a situation where you feel like leaving your home country is the only choice? Maybe you just want a fresh start in your life in a place where no one knows you. Let me tell you, you are not the only one. Packing up and leaving your country with...