Global Voices · Special Coverage

On these pages we summarize more extensive Global Voices coverage of major news events through blogs and citizen media worldwide. If you have suggestions for new special coverage pages, please email us.

What Is Happening in Venezuela?

Venezuela doesn't have one crisis. It has many crises, and ordinary Venezuelans are suffering the consequences.

How globalization, identity and culture intersect in art

In this series, Omid Memarian speaks to renowned international artists who live and work away from their place of origin.

The Kashmiri People Versus the Indian State

The struggle for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir, which has been brewing since 1989, has taken on a renewed dimension in recent years.

From the GV archives: Human rights in the Facebook era

Ten years of stories on censorship, harassment and human rights in the Facebook era.

Billions served? Human rights in the Facebook era

Tracking hate speech, harassment, and political censorship on the world’s largest social network

The fall of Syria's Eastern Ghouta

Ordinary people have borne the brunt of the Syrian government's “starve or surrender” strategy.

Iran, as Told by Iranian Journalists and Writers

A series of interviews with Iranian “bridge figures” who are passionate about explaining their often misunderstood country to the world.

Mexican Journalists Say ‘No to Silence’

Powerful entities routinely intimidate journalists who investigate state corruption and drug-related violence.

Marcell Shehwaro's Dispatches on Syria

In this powerful, award-winning series for Global Voices, Syrian blogger and activist Marcell Shehwaro describes her life in Aleppo, the heart of Syria's armed conflict, and in exile.