Stories about The Bridge
Being in exile is to struggle to say ‘here’
"Exile is about wanting to return ... Can we commit to a new home, without giving up on the hope of a free Hong Kong?"
Turkey is committed to undermining NATO
"Hesitation to hold Turkey accountable is partially understandable. NATO was created to counter the systemic threat posed by the Soviet Union. It has no developed mechanisms to counter internal threats ..."
The two deaths of the ‘Brazilian DSA’
Bill 2630/2020, sometimes dubbed the “Fake News Bill” by Brazilian mainstream media or the “Censorship Bill” by Brazilian right-wing media, emerged as part of a hectic political scenario.
Why is most scholastic research never read by those it most benefits — and can we change it?
"A broad corpus of research in [scholarly] journals were often only accessible to the very scholars that were already part of the echo chambers within which I was conversing."
World Steelpan Day acknowledges Trinidad & Tobago's national instrument, while a new film on panyards shows its power and potential
After Trinidad and Tobago passed a Bill to make the steelpan the country's national instrument, the film “Panyard Universe” looks at where panyard spaces have the power to take us.
Dear international left: Stop telling Venezuelans what to think
While their intentions to defend a Latin American movement are understandable, their silence years later on the egregious human rights violations in Venezuela is painful.
Sri Lanka elections: Will the real Wickremesinghe, Premadasa and Dissanayake please stand up?
Over 4,000 tweets associated with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake were analyzed to uncover their artificially constructed identities.
The Venezuela of Maduro, the inconvenient sister of Latin America's left
For years democratic leftist governments in Latin America maintained relations with Maduro's Venezuela despite its authoritarian tendencies. Will the year 2024 mark the end of such relations?
How the war in Ukraine prompted an exodus of Chechens from Russia
Every day spent in Chechnya is similar to gambling, and your life is at stake.
Life under military rule in Myanmar’s biggest city
"Inflation, shortages of consumer goods, serious power outages, and a crime wave of theft, mugging and pickpocketing have become part and parcel of life in towns."
The Bangladesh tinderbox
The recent Bangladesh unrest, which saw a death toll of more than 200, was not just driven by a demand for the abolition of a quota system for government jobs.
After Hurricane Beryl, how can St. Vincent & the Grenadines recover beyond materialism?
In Beryl's aftermath, the Grenadine islands were reported as “flattened,” “apocalyptic,” “erased,” and “devastated,” words synonymous with erasure and the cornerstone trendy lingo of global disaster management and recovery efforts.
Was Namibia too quick to forget genocide?
Why did Namibia take so long after independence to commemorate the genocide that wiped out roughly 76 percent of the Nama and Ovaherero people?
Beryl in Jamaica, the colour of the sea
'The most painful part for the island in general is after the storm. It has become increasingly obvious that enormous destruction has taken place in several parts of the country.'
In Nepal, when yaks go, so does culture
Yaks, once central to the culture of Himalayan communities in Nepal, are declining because of lifestyle changes, outmigration, inbreeding, and the impacts of the climate crisis.
UK diamond company that won water and climate awards has been linked to water pollution in Lesotho
In one case, a nine-year-old girl became ill and died in 2015 after drinking water from the river into which villagers say Gem Diamonds dumped its waste.
Love, marriage and rebellion: Exploring feminist themes in India's Angika folk songs
Songs and tales are used by practitioners as a medium to express discontent with the status quo and to assert their individuality.
How data shapes political narratives amid the 2024 super-elections
"The age of data might seem like a modern concept, but the notion of using information for political advantage has a long history."
Implications of the EU Digital Services Act on critical voices in Serbia: Challenges for civil society organizations and investigative journalists
Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) will have a significant impact on the digital environment, both within the European Union and beyond.
‘Demodification’ of India: A Nepalese perspective
Indian voters rejected BJP’s religious extremism, favouring inclusion, tolerance, and equality — an important lesson for Nepal’s political landscape.
Let's stop normalizing noise culture in Latin America
Colombians have a higher rate of hearing loss than the global average.
