Opposition lawmakers celebrate the vote to initiate Dilma Roussfe's impeachment. 11 April 2106. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres. All rights reserved. Many things can change in ten years or, at least, a…
Protest against Plan Colombia, 2001, Bogota. Getty Images / Carlos Villalon. All rights reserved.“This is a policy of the government: to clear us off the territory that is ours, as…
It’s a modern paradox. In a city like New York, where everything is available 24 hours a day, some neighborhoods don’t even have access to the most basic fresh foods at…
Puebla, Mexico. Flickr. Some rights reserved. In 2010, the most violent year in Felipe Calderón’s “war on drugs” (2006-2012), the intelligence consultancy firm Stratfor produced an infographic detailing the geography…
I am one of the 51 million people worldwide living with schizophrenia, diagnosed five years ago when I was 25 years old. Since then, I’ve been wrestling not only with…
Funeral in Kobane, November 6, 2015. Demotix/ Soran Qurbani. All rights reserved.The threat of ISIL is too serious to be treated with a knee jerk response like air strikes as…
With the country fractured along political lines and with some elected representatives continuing to make themselves unavailable, people are looking to local town halls to address issues. One such civic assembly took…
A human white blood cell (CD4) being attacked by the HIV virus; an AIDS prevention advertisement by The Ministry of Education Training, Vietnam. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995. Wikicommons/Wellcome images. Some…
Following countless campus scandals, college administrators are taking pains to ensure that incidents of sexual assault by student-athletes don’t mar the reputation of the school. A new policy at Indiana University seeks to…
DiEM25 in Rome. Screenshot Talk Real.Shortly after DiEM25’s Rome launch, I received a splendid Open Letter from George Souvlis and Samuele Mazzolini. It reminded me of another such letter I…