It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...
In an anonymous statement to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), an Egyptian woman described in painful detail her family’s reaction to her contracting HIV: They ostracized her, beat her, and withheld her inheritance. In an attem...
In an anonymous statement to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), an Egyptian woman described in painful detail her family’s reaction to her contracting HIV: They ostracized her, beat her, and withheld her inheritance. In an attem...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic, geographical, and class lines. Since Russia’s invasion in February, ordinary Ukrainians and oligarchs alike ha...
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic, geographical, and class lines. Since Russia’s invasion in February, ordinary Ukrainians and oligarchs alike ha...
Brazil’s Cerrado region, the most biodiverse savannah in the world, is home to the geraizeiros, a native population of mixed Afro-Indigenous and European descent. Since their arrival in western Bahia over 200 years ago, the geraizeiros have lived i...
Brazil’s Cerrado region, the most biodiverse savannah in the world, is home to the geraizeiros, a native population of mixed Afro-Indigenous and European descent. Since their arrival in western Bahia over 200 years ago, the geraizeiros have lived i...
A girl of just 15 sobbed on live television while her coach questioned why she hadn’t kept fighting. The silver medalist broke down, repeatedly insisting she would never compete again. And the gold medalist looked despondent on the podium, later de...
A girl of just 15 sobbed on live television while her coach questioned why she hadn’t kept fighting. The silver medalist broke down, repeatedly insisting she would never compete again. And the gold medalist looked despondent on the podium, later de...
This June, a violent clash broke out in Tanzania between a group of indigenous Maasai herders and Tanzanian state security forces. In response to a protest about land rights, police opened fire on the Maasai with tear gas and live ammunition, injurin...
This June, a violent clash broke out in Tanzania between a group of indigenous Maasai herders and Tanzanian state security forces. In response to a protest about land rights, police opened fire on the Maasai with tear gas and live ammunition, injurin...
For the past decade, progressive discourse around sex work has revolved around which comprehensive national legal approach—decriminalization or legalization—is most effective. As politicians in the United States engage in perpetual conflict over ...
For the past decade, progressive discourse around sex work has revolved around which comprehensive national legal approach—decriminalization or legalization—is most effective. As politicians in the United States engage in perpetual conflict over ...
Germany’s doctrine of de-escalation and demilitarization had deep roots. Then, Russia invaded Ukraine. Speaking before the German Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Russia’s war in Ukraine placed Europe at a Zeitenwende—a turning ...
Germany’s doctrine of de-escalation and demilitarization had deep roots. Then, Russia invaded Ukraine. Speaking before the German Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Russia’s war in Ukraine placed Europe at a Zeitenwende—a turning ...
In 2024, exactly one hundred years after Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics, France will once again welcome the Games. With an economy still recovering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, a historically unpopular president, and an energy...
In 2024, exactly one hundred years after Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics, France will once again welcome the Games. With an economy still recovering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, a historically unpopular president, and an energy...
It would take Russian forces 60 hours to reach all three Baltic capitals. In less than three days, NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are cut off at Kaliningrad, strangled for resupply, and cannibalized. In this war game, the combined forces...
It would take Russian forces 60 hours to reach all three Baltic capitals. In less than three days, NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are cut off at Kaliningrad, strangled for resupply, and cannibalized. In this war game, the combined forces...
Rohingya Muslims, who have long been denied Burmese citizenship and identity, are no closer to seeing a new age of justice. Having been targeted by Myanmar’s military juntas and Rakhine State’s Buddhists for years in a brutal genocide, the groupâ...
Rohingya Muslims, who have long been denied Burmese citizenship and identity, are no closer to seeing a new age of justice. Having been targeted by Myanmar’s military juntas and Rakhine State’s Buddhists for years in a brutal genocide, the groupâ...
Greece is undeniably beautiful: a Mediterranean haven that promises a rich, historic culture and a gorgeously blue sea. Or so argues the Greek summer advertisement released two years ago to promote Greek tourism after Covid-19 devastated the industry...
Greece is undeniably beautiful: a Mediterranean haven that promises a rich, historic culture and a gorgeously blue sea. Or so argues the Greek summer advertisement released two years ago to promote Greek tourism after Covid-19 devastated the industry...