Competing state constitutional amendments go to different lengths to enshrine voting rights and target anti-voter legislation and court rulings. A new front is opening in Michigan’s...
With Russian forces pouring into Ukraine, Moscow’s use of Belarus to launch its campaign is as much a test for Minsk’s independence as it is for...
Amid the mounting tensions, Ukraine announced that a delegation from the country had agreed to meet with Russian officials for talks. In a dramatic escalation of...
For those who understand Moscow’s establishment and view of their country’s vital interests, none of this should be a surprise. The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine...
The hope against hope over the past month has been that Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, would back down from maximalist goals over Ukraine despite...
On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Shortly after, explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and several other...
Journalism is in peril in Turkey, a country that is becoming known more for its jailed journalists than the quality of their reporting. Increasingly, though, it...
With legislative and presidential elections coming up in Colombia, the supposedly “oldest democracy in Latin America” will see if it can consolidate the most precarious and...
Earlier this month, people in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty gathered outside the General Prosecutor’s Office to demand the release of loved ones detained since demonstrations in January....
Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the U.S. and...
For the past two decades, February 14 has marked a moment of reflection for many in Lebanon, the anniversary of the 2005 car bomb attack that killed...
If you’ve turned on the TV over the last month, you’re probably aware that Russia has conducted a massive military buildup on the borders of its...
Muslim women’s clothing choices continue to be weaponized and policed by patriarchal states around the world. From India to France, Afghanistan to Iran, Muslim women are...
Today we face an avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense. We are being told...