Corruption by officials, in its most basic definition, involves dishonest or fraudulent acts conducted at a state level by those with political power. Taking on many forms including bribery, money...
It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere, and you know what that means — put on some cashmere and be fucking seasonal. Don’t whine about how it’s 70 degrees out because the planet is burning....
When I was younger, I worked at a juvenile detention center. I got stuck on the dreaded weekend shift that was twelve hours back to back on Saturdays and Sundays. On those Sundays, I would take a few...
Turkey’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the country’s northeast is not motivated by the admirable goal of facilitating a safe return of these refugees to their homes. Rather, Turkey aims to...
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is having a hell of a time of it. In his first few months at the helm, he has put six votes to Parliament and lost all six. This is the first time this has ever...
I have it on good authority that President Donald J. Trump is not taking the impeachment inquiry news very well. Who, honestly, can blame him? The odds in this country are stacked against rich orange...
After the prison swap between Russia and Ukraine, the West expects Moscow to withdraw its troops from the Donbass. That will reportedly be one of the topics that the Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The BBC is a prized institution that promises impartiality at every turn. This unfortunately often means that when they interview a trans person they also interview a transphobe. That when they...
Moscow and Kiev exchanged 35 prisoners each on Saturday 7 September in a historic occasion that saw the 24 sailors captured in the Kerch Strait in 2018 returned to their families. Those freed by...
Kashmir is no longer a suzerain state. It is now directly under the Indian President’s Union Territory. This isn’t the end, Kashmir has been re-fragmented and the Ladakh region is divided into a...