“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resol...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
In Kuwait, 24-year-old Fatima mourns the loss of her university education. Despite earning a 96 percent on her high school exams, a score that would normally guarantee a medical career, her status as a Bidoon with an “unspecified nationality” wil...
Young Nigerians have taken to the streets demanding the shut down of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) due to police brutality. They have been chanting “Enough is Enough,” for nearly two weeks. #EndSARS was trending globally for several days ...
Young Nigerians have taken to the streets demanding the shut down of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) due to police brutality. They have been chanting “Enough is Enough,” for nearly two weeks. #EndSARS was trending globally for several days ...
Wellywood, also known as Wellington, is the film hub and unsung hero of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s economic growth. The capital city has played a major role in developing Aotearoa’s identity as a tourism powerhouse and production paradise. Now, in th...
Wellywood, also known as Wellington, is the film hub and unsung hero of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s economic growth. The capital city has played a major role in developing Aotearoa’s identity as a tourism powerhouse and production paradise. Now, in th...
As the Covid-19 outbreak swept across Europe in March 2020, the safety of workers unable to perform their jobs from home could not be so easily guaranteed. French workers at Amazon—who have long criticized the strenuous demands the company places o...
As the Covid-19 outbreak swept across Europe in March 2020, the safety of workers unable to perform their jobs from home could not be so easily guaranteed. French workers at Amazon—who have long criticized the strenuous demands the company places o...
Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator Augosto Pinochet, who left office in 1990. Thirty years later, some say that happiness has come—but mo...
Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator Augosto Pinochet, who left office in 1990. Thirty years later, some say that happiness has come—but mo...
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, reports say officials and politicians in London have been frantically pivoting to ready themselves for the incoming Biden administration. Creating a tight working relationship with President...
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, reports say officials and politicians in London have been frantically pivoting to ready themselves for the incoming Biden administration. Creating a tight working relationship with President...
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two landmark decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) later, Schrems won a decisive victory for Eur...
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two landmark decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) later, Schrems won a decisive victory for Eur...
Each time I visited Matam, one of Senegal’s rural regions, it was instantly recognizable. Year after year, very little to no changes were made to the villages or farms, and construction projects were rare. In Dakar, the capital, however, constructi...
Each time I visited Matam, one of Senegal’s rural regions, it was instantly recognizable. Year after year, very little to no changes were made to the villages or farms, and construction projects were rare. In Dakar, the capital, however, constructi...
Nine months after the novel coronavirus was announced in China, it has spread to nearly every inch of the globe. Even the most isolated communities are not protected from it, as the virus itself and its secondary socioeconomic effects ripple through ...
Nine months after the novel coronavirus was announced in China, it has spread to nearly every inch of the globe. Even the most isolated communities are not protected from it, as the virus itself and its secondary socioeconomic effects ripple through ...
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...
In 2020, 300 families were forced to flee the rural town of Totumito, Colombia after the massacre of eight civilians, permanently abandoning their homes. They sought safety from the violence that has proliferated throughout the country since the 2016...
In 2020, 300 families were forced to flee the rural town of Totumito, Colombia after the massacre of eight civilians, permanently abandoning their homes. They sought safety from the violence that has proliferated throughout the country since the 2016...
2019 was a historically disastrous year for the British Labour Party. The December election produced its worst defeat since 1935, giving Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s conservatives a crushing majority of 80 seats. Perhaps even more shocking than t...
2019 was a historically disastrous year for the British Labour Party. The December election produced its worst defeat since 1935, giving Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s conservatives a crushing majority of 80 seats. Perhaps even more shocking than t...
For decades, Aotearoa (New Zealand) has been suffering from the wounds inflicted by our own “war on drugs” campaign. Laws need to promote health; however, our “war on drugs” has handcuffed us to our own outdated and ineffective protocols that...
For decades, Aotearoa (New Zealand) has been suffering from the wounds inflicted by our own “war on drugs” campaign. Laws need to promote health; however, our “war on drugs” has handcuffed us to our own outdated and ineffective protocols that...