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...
It was late November at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia had come together to put an end to almost four years of conflict in the former Yugoslavia. At the close of thre...
It was late November at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia had come together to put an end to almost four years of conflict in the former Yugoslavia. At the close of thre...
On October 29, the European Parliament voted on a resolution encouraging member states to offer asylum to Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked classified information about the United States’ NSA surveillance program two yea...
On October 29, the European Parliament voted on a resolution encouraging member states to offer asylum to Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked classified information about the United States’ NSA surveillance program two yea...
On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory came as no surprise; a wave of popular support had positioned him as the electorate’s favorite in polls conduc...
On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory came as no surprise; a wave of popular support had positioned him as the electorate’s favorite in polls conduc...
It has become increasingly clear that the effects of the Arab Spring are still reverberating across the Middle East four years after the wave of uprisings first swept across the region. One of the most dynamic, complicated, and violent examples of po...
It has become increasingly clear that the effects of the Arab Spring are still reverberating across the Middle East four years after the wave of uprisings first swept across the region. One of the most dynamic, complicated, and violent examples of po...
At 11:55 in the morning of April 25, 2015, the streets of Kathmandu were as bustling as ever. Residents and tourists alike gathered under the Dharahara Tower, a local landmark that attracted sightseers from all around the world. There was no suspicio...
At 11:55 in the morning of April 25, 2015, the streets of Kathmandu were as bustling as ever. Residents and tourists alike gathered under the Dharahara Tower, a local landmark that attracted sightseers from all around the world. There was no suspicio...
In the preface of his 1945 novel Animal Farm, George Orwell remarked, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Seventy years later, if NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s exile in R...
In the preface of his 1945 novel Animal Farm, George Orwell remarked, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Seventy years later, if NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s exile in R...
Pope Francis has never let language barriers get in his way. Whether he’s conversing in Spanish, giving homilies in Italian, or addressing crowds of followers in English, Argentinian cleric Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the title Pope Francis aro...
Pope Francis has never let language barriers get in his way. Whether he’s conversing in Spanish, giving homilies in Italian, or addressing crowds of followers in English, Argentinian cleric Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the title Pope Francis aro...
“Climate change was once a bipartisan issue,” according to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in an email interview with BPR. In the 2000s, senators on both sides of the aisle sponsored cap-and-trade bills, vocally emphasizing the impor...
“Climate change was once a bipartisan issue,” according to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in an email interview with BPR. In the 2000s, senators on both sides of the aisle sponsored cap-and-trade bills, vocally emphasizing the impor...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...
British politics are in a state of tumult. From the meteoric rise of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) to the unprecedented success of the Scottish National Party, the political landscape has undergone a transformation in recent years. Unf...
British politics are in a state of tumult. From the meteoric rise of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) to the unprecedented success of the Scottish National Party, the political landscape has undergone a transformation in recent years. Unf...
It’s hard to draw a line between Brazil’s arts institutions and the corporations that finance them. The Brazilian arts world depends on private funding initiatives — the result of a 1991 measure nicknamed the “Rouanet Law.” The measure gave...
It’s hard to draw a line between Brazil’s arts institutions and the corporations that finance them. The Brazilian arts world depends on private funding initiatives — the result of a 1991 measure nicknamed the “Rouanet Law.” The measure gave...
In the beginning of September, the Turkish town of Cizre found itself in the midst of an armed conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Located near the Turkish border with Syria, Cizre is one of several communities in the so...
In the beginning of September, the Turkish town of Cizre found itself in the midst of an armed conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Located near the Turkish border with Syria, Cizre is one of several communities in the so...