Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

While Tibet may be widely recognized on the global stage, “Xizang” remains largely unknown—to China’s advantage.The name “Tibet” is often mentioned in calls against human rights abuses and depictions ...

In 20th century-Mexico, similar sentiments spread in light of education reforms. Many politicians of the early Republic held deep prejudices against the use of Indigenous languages and pushed a wave ...

Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and ...

The shift to the Latin script was arguably a pragmatic decision—aligning Azerbaijan with other Turkic nations that had adopted the Latin alphabet (such as Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen, with ongoing ...

The Indian state’s manipulation of social media platforms was also particularly evident during the height of the 2020-2021 Indian Farmers’ Protests.The backlash began when the BJP, in an attempt to ...

China’s domestic economy has faced persistent struggles since the collapse of a property bubble in 2021, marked by the downfall of Evergrande—once the world’s most valuable property developer. The ...

The payment app systems that do include a requisite of documentation then work harmfully twofold, not only increasing state control over who has access to financial mechanisms in the nation but also ...

Lebanon’s proximity to conflicts in Syria and Israel helped ignite its civil war. Following the disputes between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1967 to 1970, Lebanon ...

On December 17, 2022, Julia (pseudonym) received an admission offer from Stanford University with full financial aid. “I was overwhelmed with joy,” she told me. “My parents don’t have to pay for my ...

In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President ...

Perhaps policies that seek to change the significance of tobacco in national culture need to be implemented. This was the approach (almost) taken by New Zealand in 2022, when lawmakers approved a ...