If you believe some accounts - in the media or down at the pub - Germany is either poised to become the next world leader, or has already achieved this status. Touted as perhaps the model example...
The past few months have proved to be an experience that many of us probably thought would never happen. A pandemic? In my lifetime? Of course not. Humanity has changed a lot about this planet that...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is expected to easily win the presidential election scheduled for August 9, especially now that all key opposition candidates are behind bars. Last week,...
"What's a Jew," asks Szintia, a seven-year-old. Mária. Her mother, to whom the question was directed, doesn't bat an eyelash when she replies. "Jews were a people and are also those who follow the...
June 28, 1969 – July 3, 1969. Those were the dates of the Stonewall Uprising. The days - and I emphasize the plural - that changed US LGBTQ history forever. What we too often forget, with our...
As I was growing up, I always felt alienated from my peers, and I didn’t have the vocabulary to express why until I was a teenager. With the growing acknowledgement of nonbinary identities, there...
Maria Ressa, a prominent journalist, and Reynaldo Santos J., former reporter at one of Philippines' most influential news sites, Rappler, have been found guilty of cyber-libel, in a case seen as a...
The world has come to a virtual standstill as a consequence of the coronavirus outbreak, and it is now the topic that dominates our thinking – and rightly so, given the danger that COVID-19 poses....
In recent years, Latin America has been in the world's spotlight for several corruption cases. Currently, there is a large mobilization of the population to demand more equity, justice and...
Last week, MPs in Britain voted as to whether they would continue to be able to vote from home. The whole thing garnered a lot of attention due to the farcical scenes of MPs queueing for half a mile...
