Ideas

In the face of threats and real violence, human rights defenders in Guatemala have had to decide whether to leave their communities or stay and organize networks of protection.

In his first five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP party took India down a path where basic freedoms and the rule of law are no longer guaranteed, transforming the secular foundations of India’s democracy into a violent, authoritarian regime.

In Venezuela, soaring inflation, inadequate social services, impaired communications systems, and a lack of food supplies and medication have crippled the society. People are starving and in desperate need, but aid is being turned away by a president whose decisions are serving his illegitimate grip on power.

The Mueller Report confirmed Russia’s effort to influence the US election, further evidence of Putin manipulating the world stage with his guerrilla political tactics.

The moving crowds, rallies and meetings have turned Algeria’s streets into something of a public forum. In a country where the government does not allow a real political dialogue, this is how the Algerian people practice their politics.

Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will give Yahya Jammeh’s victims a path towards healing. It’s a step in the right direction. But the proceedings are off to a shaky start.

Government-imposed restrictions on press freedoms and a preference for simplified narratives in many foreign media outlets contribute to inadequate reporting on Sudan.

D.C. reporters should treat their posting like they are working in a foreign bureau. It might seem like home, but the rules keep changing, and every week there’s a new crisis.

What media theorist Marshall McLuhan would make of today’s American political stars

Veronique de Viguerie brings a war photographer’s eye to the battle raging in France over economic disparity.

Journalist and former UN official Patricia Leidl on how the world has failed in its responsibility to protect the people of Yemen

Refugees are landing on the island of Samos in staggering numbers. Once there, they face grim living conditions, local hostility, and futures of endless waiting.

Hundreds of news organizations have followed the lead of the Boston Globe, issuing editorials today calling out the U.S. President for his increasingly shrill and violent rhetoric against the press.

Since their mainstreaming with the rest of Pakistan, the people of FATA are embracing the upcoming general elections in Pakistan with unprecedented zeal and enthusiasm.

As the North Korea and US talks begin at the 2018 Singapore Summit, Don Baker reflects on the barriers to be overcome and precursors necessary to finally bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.

June 9, 2018 — German Chancellor Angela Merkel posted this image on her Instagram account, taken at the G-7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. The G7 consist of Canada,…

As protests and resignations grip Slovakia in the wake of the murder of an investigative journalist and the crackdown on a reporter looking into the murder, GRC director Peter Klein writes this open letter to the Prime Minister of Slovakia.

As the new U.S. Embassy moved to Jerusalem on May 14th, and Israeli soldiers opened fire on many of the thousands of Palestinians and Hamas operatives attempting to cross the militarized Gaza border fence, Joel Bernstein contributed this reflection on his time in Israel and his thoughts on the future of the country.

Daniel Ellsberg turns his attention back on the weapons that continue to threaten the future of humanity through in his new book, “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of the Nuclear War Planner.”

People took to Twitter after President Donald Trump evoked the world’s fury by referring to African countries and Haiti as “shithole countries.”

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who covered the Haiti earthquake, responds to President Donald Trump’s racist comments on Haiti and Africa.

Jacky Rowland and Nicole Barrett reflect on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia – the first war crimes court since the Nuremberg trials at the end of World War II.