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...
These are strange times. Many are frightened by coronavirus but also inspired and encouraged by the brave activism of Black Lives Matter protesters across the world. While we are all living through a...
In second grade, I had a relatively small social circle. My two best friends were Giulietta (who loved Great Danes) and Sophie. I was only friends with Sophie because one day she came up to me in the...
The long queues for gasoline in Venezuela are suffocating and humiliating. There, vans have mattresses in the back to sleep on at night, people bring beach chairs to sit in the street, pets lie down...
While we’ve only just now hit the halfway point to the year, 2020 is already been pretty damned rough. As of writing this, various American cities are in the grips of massive protests and riots...
“No justice, no peace, no racist police,” Selah chanted as she protested in Columbus, Ohio, carrying a sign that read “Stop killing us! We want to see tomorrow too! #GeorgeFloyd...
The internet is ever-present in our lives and can help us to understand the world around us, can put us in contact with friends, and can move us to tears. It can cheer us up, make us laugh, and be...
Welcome to the next in our series of Podcast Showcases, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Starts with Y. 1. Sum up your podcast in...
The past few weeks have seen a discouraging standoff ensue between different Kurdish factions over a small patch of land that evokes memories of the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War of the mid-1990s. For the...
Russia has had a very low number of COVID-19 deaths, but many of its officials have been infected with the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 back in...
