At age 23, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a leader of the student protest movement in Hong Kong against perceived mainland Chinese overreach,...

This August, India’s legislature drafted a law aimed at shutting the door on a marketplace that lies on both the cutting-edge of science...

In 2009, 18-year-old Caster Semenya won gold in the 800m women’s race at the World Championships in Athletics; she later won silver at...

Rwanda has earned itself a special nickname: “the Switzerland of Africa.” Just like in Switzerland, everything seems to run abnormally...

This July, a sea of red flags emboldened with crescent moons swept over a reeling nation. Just two weeks after Turkey’s failed coup...

Beauty is ageless. Fertility is not.” “Don’t let your sperm go up in smoke.” These were just two of the dozen social media-ready taglines...

In a country accustomed to tumult, a single dam is causing ripples of turbulence. Over 60 years in the making, Turkey’s Ilisu Dam’s...

While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in...

In the less than three weeks between the first and second presidential debates, the Donald Trump campaign veered toward the precipice of...

On July 23, 2012,  Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad took to the streets of the Bahraini capital Manama’s...

In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government...

Few Americans remember Amelia Bloomer, the fabled feminist who introduced women to the phenomenon of pants. In the 1850s, coinciding with...

“Separating the art from the artist” is an almost impossible — yet arguably necessary — strategy many fans and critics must employ to...

This election cycle, voter turnout has been a major topic of discussion. With a presidential race that features two highly disliked yet...

On Sunday, October 2, the Colombian people rejected a peace treaty signed by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces...

In March 2016, Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina signed House Bill 2, which required that individuals use the restrooms that...

On September 14th, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a 10-year military-assistance deal containing the largest...

A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning...

Eight Days a Week a recently released documentary, directed by Ron Howard, sheds light on the early touring years of The Beatles as they...

Over the last eight years, the US Congress has established a long track record of not doing things. But on September 28, for the first...