It’s not often we get to feel sorry for an elected politician. Government shutdown here, Weinergate there, a Parliamentary expenses...

Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets,...

The politics of welfare, here in the United States and abroad, are fraught with tension, and poverty reduction programs have long been a...

There are few things in the world as universal as soccer. In terms of international reach, other sports pale in comparison. The beautiful...

In 1980, the Cuban port of Mariel witnessed the departure of 100,000 state-approved émigrés fleeing towards the United States. More than...

Although they forced the government into a partial shutdown, Tea Partiers still failed to strip the Affordable Care Act of funding – not...

As noted by tenacious Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi in his 2010 book Griftopia (and reported here in the Atlantic), in 2008 the city...

Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all...

There is a dab of magic every time a Freccia Rossa arrives at an Italian train station. Ignoring the unceremonious, crumbling...

It is a question that has long been asked in America, particularly after the handling of firms after the 2008 crisis, and most pressingly...

Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation...

Excerpt from “A Handful of Ash:” “It started out as a film about a practice that has afflicted tens of millions of women worldwide. It...

Several months ago I wrote of nationalism in Shinzō Abe’s Japan. It is a nation that has seen such resurgent nationalism during Mr....

On Saturday, October 19, Beirut International Airport was brimming with joyous cheers and loud chants of excitement, as its entire...

On October 18th, the 23rd Ibero-American Summit met in Panama, bringing together Latin American and European leaders for two days of...

In 18th century Europe, Jews were accused of abducting children (blond, blue eyed, Christians) and using their blood for the baking of...

The lavish spending habits of China’s new rich are more often than not a subject of lighthearted ridicule. Gold-plated Lamborghinis and...

The Edward Snowden saga is far from over. Last week, the Guardian and Der Spiegel broke a story, based on evidence reportedly found...

A wispy layer of fog lay over seemingly endless rice paddies in the valley where Pyongyang Sunan International Airport is situated. Air...

Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about...