The rise of the HDP – elections and democracy in Turkey
HDP's massive election rally in Istanbul, May 30, 2015. Demotix/ Sahan Nuholglu. All rights reserved.On April 11, the PKK and the Turkish military engaged in the first major clash since…
Hans Blix – a diplomatic life
Hans Blix. The Official CTBTO Photostream. All rights reserved.52Insights (52): Let’s go back in time in your distinguished career. You were the first western representative to inspect the consequences of…
Let’s Get To The Bottom Of Why Male And Female Coaches Are Treated Differently
Teresa Phillips is in a league all her own. As the one-time head coach of Tennessee State’s men’s basketball team, she alone represents the single, solitary, female coach for all…
Is Bolivia outsourcing too much to China?
Click:Sunglasses Bolivian president Evo Morales has cultivated a close relationship with China since taking office in 2006, but many deals with Chinese firms are under scrutiny (image: Sebastien Baryli) As…
Random Act of Sport: ‘Spider-Man’ Climbs Building To Save Child Stuck In Window
Liang Lei heard the screaming crowd before recognizing the problem. Three weeks ago, people gathered outside an apartment building in Liaocheng, a city in eastern China. A two-year-old boy was hanging outside a window,…
From non-violent resistance to non-violent resilience
Demotix/Sayed Baqer Alkamel. All rights reserved.“What happens after isqat al netham – the downfall of the regime? What would you do?” I asked a 20-something youth activist, shortly after Bahrain’s uprising in…
24 Hours in Ohio, Post-Trump
“Mama, you know octopus can grow a new tentacle if they lose one.” Those were my son’s first words upon waking. His eyes popped open like a doll and he…
Japan's military sexual slavery: whose agreement?
Student participants on the 1009th Wednesday Demonstration in Seoul, South Korea, February 15, 2012. JoonYoung Kim/Flickr. Some rights reserved.On Wednesday 6th January 2016, the 24th year anniversary of the weekly…
The airstrike harvest
AC-130H Howitzer. Flickr/US Air Force. Some rights reserved.The United States air-force's assault on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on 3 October 2015 is reported to have killed twenty-two people and…
The new war for the Middle East
Nathan Webster/Demotix. All rights reserved.When the radical totalitarians of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant—known to themselves as the Islamic State but usually labelled by the acronyms in…
A Human Rights Advocate Shares 7 Ways You Can Help Syria’s Chemical Attack Victims Right Now
On Tuesday, one of the worst chemical bombings since the Syrian war began occurred in a northern rebel-held town, killing at least 72 people, including 10 children, according to reports. Russian officials…
The Program That Helped Make Tech Great In America Is In Serious Trouble
Editor’s note: Amanda Gillespie is Manager of Extraordinary Ability Cases at Samuel Christensen Law Firm. She’s been hunting down wild H-1Bs for people of extraordinary ability since 2003. It sounds simple:…