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...
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla known for his increasingly outlandish products, has flaunted bold visions for the colonization of Mars and tunnels connecting cities across the United States amongst his proposals However, some of his most concrete wor...
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla known for his increasingly outlandish products, has flaunted bold visions for the colonization of Mars and tunnels connecting cities across the United States amongst his proposals However, some of his most concrete wor...
In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities, working near rivers involves a constant, if elusive, danger: crocodile attacks. At first glance, these attacks seem ea...
In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities, working near rivers involves a constant, if elusive, danger: crocodile attacks. At first glance, these attacks seem ea...
A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the picture contained far more than just sunbaked sand. The image exposed one of the U.S.’s most covert ventures in th...
A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the picture contained far more than just sunbaked sand. The image exposed one of the U.S.’s most covert ventures in th...
In a given year, 4,224 people are killed by police brutality in Brazil (2016), 1,147 in the U.S. (2017), and 11 in Germany (2016). In England and Wales, only 55 people have been shot in the past 24 years. While the high rate of fatal shootings in the...
In a given year, 4,224 people are killed by police brutality in Brazil (2016), 1,147 in the U.S. (2017), and 11 in Germany (2016). In England and Wales, only 55 people have been shot in the past 24 years. While the high rate of fatal shootings in the...
Since the Cold War, global health and science has been dominated by the United States. In 2017, it spent $10.4 billion on global health, including $113.5 million in assessed contributions and $324 million in voluntary contributions to the World Healt...
Since the Cold War, global health and science has been dominated by the United States. In 2017, it spent $10.4 billion on global health, including $113.5 million in assessed contributions and $324 million in voluntary contributions to the World Healt...
One hundred years ago, Sir Edmund Allenby and the soldiers of Britain’s 10th Light Horse Regiment passed through Jaffa Gate, an imposing entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem. Their victory ended four centuries of Ottoman rule and hammered the fi...
One hundred years ago, Sir Edmund Allenby and the soldiers of Britain’s 10th Light Horse Regiment passed through Jaffa Gate, an imposing entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem. Their victory ended four centuries of Ottoman rule and hammered the fi...
Colombia is facing one of its most turbulent election cycles in recent years. This is the first vote in which the Fuerza Armada Revolucionaria de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo (FARC), the former armed guerrilla group, participated as a reformed pol...
Colombia is facing one of its most turbulent election cycles in recent years. This is the first vote in which the Fuerza Armada Revolucionaria de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo (FARC), the former armed guerrilla group, participated as a reformed pol...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
Tucked away in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains northwest of Madrid lies a monumental reminder of Europe’s authoritarian past: el Valle de los Caídos, or the Valley of the Fallen. The site consists of a Benedictine monastery at the crest of a mo...
Tucked away in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains northwest of Madrid lies a monumental reminder of Europe’s authoritarian past: el Valle de los Caídos, or the Valley of the Fallen. The site consists of a Benedictine monastery at the crest of a mo...
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet. Over the past 100 years, alphabets have ushered in remarkable change around the world. Swahili and Turkish bade go...
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet. Over the past 100 years, alphabets have ushered in remarkable change around the world. Swahili and Turkish bade go...
Last year, millionaire real estate mogul Tim Gurner told 60 Minutes Australia that millennials are blowing potential savings on “buying smashed avocado for nineteen dollars.” While hyperbolic, Gurner’s comments highlight the avocado’s place i...
Last year, millionaire real estate mogul Tim Gurner told 60 Minutes Australia that millennials are blowing potential savings on “buying smashed avocado for nineteen dollars.” While hyperbolic, Gurner’s comments highlight the avocado’s place i...
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which allowed some churches to remain open, the CCP under Mao Zedong pursued ...
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which allowed some churches to remain open, the CCP under Mao Zedong pursued ...