By Ben Brockman this November, the American people — or at least the 54% of eligible voters who turn out — will head to polling stations all over the country to choose the next president. Whoever is selected will inherit not just…
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The Fried Chicken Frenzy: The Chicken Sandwich Wars and the Fast Food Industry
By: Anu Fawehinmi In 2019, with the intent of usurping Chick-fil-A from their fried chicken throne, Popeyes released their Crispy Chicken Sandwich. This bold declaration of war began the battle for market share turned marketing scheme affectionately known as the Chicken Sandwich Wars of the late 2010s. The battle even made its way to social media, with Chick-fil-A reacting to Popeyes’ recent menu addition and Popeyes responding in jest shortly afterward. Popeyes’ introduction of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and their marketing campaign that followed revitalized the restaurant chain far beyond the expectations of the company, reestablishing it as a true…
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By Paul Oshinski the world, the United Kingdom (UK) voted via referendum 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the European Union (EU) and remove themselves from its shared economic, political, and cultural relationship. Following this EU referendum, the UK saw their currency, the…
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By Grace Holland week, the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille sent shockwaves across the country. By the night of Thursday, July 7, people in the nation’s major cities were gathering to protest police brutality. “I think the word to describe…
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Examining economic growth and conflicting narratives in Athens By Caskey Dyer This article originally appeared as the cover story of the Spring 2016 GPR Magazine. roommate and I walked through the doors of the Standard as the sun was setting. The manager…
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By Seamus Murrock the afternoon of the 21st of September, bustling trading floors around the world will come to a standstill, ready to sift through Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s post-Federal Open Market Committee press release with a fine-tooth comb. For nearly…
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By Rory Hibbler This article originally appeared in GPR’s Spring 2016 magazine. GPR chose to repost it in light of the recent airport attack in Istanbul, and the attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Every act of terrorism in a developed, Western…
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By Sam Cleare the thick of LGBT Pride celebrations on Sunday, June 12th, a gunman opened fire at Pulse, an Orlando LGBT nightclub, murdering 49 and injuring over 50 more. This mass shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S. history, occurred during the…
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By Rob Oldham woke up to a nightmare Sunday morning as news broke that the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11 and deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history occurred at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. 29-year old ISIL…
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By Tommy Desoutter The year 2015 was rough for the European Union. The widely covered migrant crisis, continued unemployment, and increasingly disparate visions of the future battered the continent from all sides. On June 23, 2016, the EU may be dealt the…
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By Justin Lewis one of the most dynamic U.S. presidential contests of the modern era Americans have witnessed a plethora of unforeseen events make their way through the 2016 election cycle. The political phenomena that has taken shape since the start of…
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By Kalvis Golde politics is never sexy. In Georgia, though, it has been dominating headlines. Two state bills, the “religious freedom” (HB 757) and “campus carry” (HB 859) laws, roiled the Georgia electorate in 2016. Worries about the presidential race evaporated in…
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By Nasser Rizvi our four- year old daughter dies from a water- borne disease, and the hospital refuses to help you transport her body back to your home village. This was the dreadful experience of Mohammad Hassan Kapri, whose young child Shahzadi…
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There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible. I thought it was only a story… until it happened to me. Ok, so here’s how it works: there’s this stuff called Quicksilver that can bend light. Some scientist made…
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