World
Resistance Burns at Hong Kong Polytechnic
A fiery standoff at one of the city’s major universities culminated with police storming the barricades early Monday morning.
Half the Sky: #MeToo in China
“#MeToo has become a politically ‘sensitive’ issue in China now, so we cannot study it any more, even in academia. I hope you can also understand that we need to be anonymous in the #MeToo related issues.”
Resistance in Whispers: a Deal for Peace in Afghanistan, and a Fight by the Forgotten
A deal for peace in Afghanistan, and a fight by the forgotten.
Latin America’s Second Lost Decade
Latin America’s prospects seemed remarkably promising. Yet since 2012, the region as a whole has scarcely seen any per-capita income growth.
Le Vide: Can France Fill the Void Left by the U.S.?
As France looks to the future of international relations, the country faces obstacles that challenge whether it can actually reach parity with the U.S. or China.
A Silence to be Broken
Midnight, August 5. Twelve million people met with utterly consuming silence. No phone service, no internet, no television.
Holding the Fort: How prison gangs rule in Philippine jails
In a facility riddled with institutional deficiencies within a country in political turmoil, it is prison gangs—composed of the Philippines’ supposedly most unruly, most disobedient, most criminal—that maintain control, instill self-discipline, and create a culture of respect.