They say that a week is a long time in politics. It has now been two weeks, a veritable political epoch, since the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union.
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2015 has been quite a year. In this collaborative post IANS editors, staff writers, and contributors write about their most defining moment of 2015.
Read MoreCongratulations Ireland
On Saturday 23rd May 2015 love, compassion, humanity and equality triumphed over bigotry and hatred in Ireland.
Bringing forth a landslide victory, the people of Ireland flooded to the polls to vote on the matter of same sex marriage. Some came from far afield - Thailand, New Zealand, America - prompting the touching hashtag #HomeToVote. And in so doing they ensured that any two people in love, who decide they wish to commit their lives to one another, will be allowed to engage in the social, cultural and legal institution of marriage. And this, a mere two decades after homosexuality and divorce were legalised in their homeland. Good work, people of Ireland!
We at IANS wish to congratulate: the people of Ireland on their good judgment, the many engaged couples soon to be newly-weds, and the LGBTQ+ community across the world. We rejoice: a good day for love is a good day for all of us.
- Editor in Chief, Rebecca Hewer.
Creative Director, Nichole Fernández.
This article was written as a part of LGBT Week 2015 in honor or Ireland's marriage referendum. Find out more here.
Oscars 2015
This evening the 87th Academy Awards - replete with glitz and glamour - will be watched by expectant viewers from across the globe. But what do the Oscars really tell us about the world in which we reside? In this collaborative piece, the best and brightest of IANS staff talk about representation, popular culture, politics and at points - and somewhat refreshingly - an unashamed love of film. Unlike the members of the Academy, we did not reach a consensus!
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Before we bid adieu to 2014 and open our hearts to the mystery of the New Year, however, we would like to take a moment to reflect on what has been and gone. As such, in what follows, the brightest and best of IANS staff contemplate what made the past year great, what it made it awful and, above all, what made it memorable.
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