Hong Kong’s peculiar yet privileged position as China’s only liberal spot is coming to an end much faster […]
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Laura Velazquez had to identify her sister Diana’s body by her braids because her face and torso were […]
In an era of xenophobia, nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, faith-based sanctuary movements are fighting back. The Trump administration’s […]
Violence In Western China The capital of the Chinese province of Xinjiang, Urumqi, looks like many Chinese cities. […]
It seems odd to juxtapose “environment” with “refugee”. The environment is a set of conditions that cultivate […]
As Syrian refugees continue to arrive in battered dinghies to the shores of Europe, a migration of similar […]
On July 23, 2013, Kurdish journalist and now refugee Behrouz Boochani arrived in Australia via broken-down boat after […]
As I read the story of Aasia Bibi, the 17-year-old Pakistani girl who unintentionally poisoned and killed 17 […]
Picture this: a young man, branded with a nondescript sign on his chest, being paraded through villages and […]
Power, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Aung San Suu Kyi was once the world’s most famous […]
Last month, around the Jandiatuba river in the Amazonas region of Western Brazil, a small cohort of illegal […]
For the future of Myanmar’s democracy, the military should be separated from politics in the interest of human […]
The Growing Divide in Chinese-African Relations In December 2015, President Xi Jinping was declaring Zimbabwe to be China’s […]
How Conservation Endangers Indigenous Rights The term “climate refugee” is increasingly entering the mainstream as more people […]
On July 28, the French Riviera town of Cannes implemented a new law that would quickly become a […]
Haiti is home to 10 million people and the first modern revolution predicated on freedom, equality and justice […]
Tu Youyou was labeled with “three noes”: no medical degree, no doctorate, and no work overseas. And yet, […]
In May 2010, a sixteen year old boy was arrested and held in solitary confinement for two years […]