Only a miracle can save Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko from being overthrown. Nationwide strikes and mass protests have weakened the 66-year-old leader, who still has a certain legitimacy...
“Being gay in Poland is like being in constant war,” say Polish couple Jakub and Dawid, who campaign for better LGBTQ freedoms in the conservative country. “You still have to fight for your...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! We're in an essay-reading mood and we have a few we particularly enjoyed...along with a deep dive into the lead crisis, the myth of the 'French girl,' and an...
How many thinkpieces have you read about Trump voters? Dozens? Hundreds? How many times have you turned on cable news to see a field reporter in West Virginia or Ohio, out communing with the...
As the snap General Election approaches, many Brits are wondering what each political party can offer them and the country. For women, making up just over half of the population, there are...
Within forty-eight hours we might have a picture of what the next five years will look like in the UK. Might. It could well be that we don’t even know how the UK electoral map has finally turned...
Already, much of the outside coverage of the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election, scheduled for January 17 2010, has boiled down to the absurd notion that "pro-Western" and "pro-Russia" forces...
I'm not going to make any cute jokes about how “the revolution will be tweeted,” mostly because they have already been made. Also, because the most inspiring thing about the protests in Iran...
The 12th of June 2009 saw Iran’s tenth presidential election get underway with Iranians turning out in record numbers. As someone who decided to vote in one of the many polling stations made...
I think it’s quite safe to say that the European and local government elections last week did not go well for the government. It comes as little surprise given the popularity of the current...