Before we delve into sharing the longreads we’re loving right now, our most popular post last week was Louise Hung’s "How dare I," on the experience of seeking mental health care while Asian...
We hope you're looking for some interesting longreads this week, because we have a few recommendations in mind. And as always, we're interested in what you're reading, too. Drop a line in the...
When Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, was elected as President of Indonesia in late 2014, the world was enthralled. He was expected to be different — the first President in the nation's...
The United States was riveted on Tuesday by an execution gone horribly, horribly wrong in Oklahoma, a state that’s already been in the news for botched executions as well as shady sourcing for the...
Hot off the success of UK costume dramas, ABC has decided to throw its hat into the ring with Gilded Lilys, a...wait for it...Shonda Rhimes creation set in New York City in 1895. The question is...
One of the most persistent threads throughout the two years of imprisonment of accused Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning has been the rumour that he is in fact, she--a transgender woman....
Two men were murdered by the state last night in ‘legal executions’ in Texas and Georgia, respectively. Lawrence Russel Brewer was a white supremacist who committed a vile hate crime and was...
I attended a silent vigil outside the Pakistani High Commission in London last week. It called for the abolishment of the death penalty in Pakistan and came just one week before the planned execution...
The tide has turned against capital punishment in America. The New Jersey legislature abolished its death penalty last week after years of moratorium and state-commissioned study. New York’s death...