Adult Swaddling Is Becoming Popular In Japan
For the first few weeks of a baby’s life, swaddling has numerous benefits. It allows them to sleep calmly because they’re not disturbed by their startle reflex. Plus, it keeps…
How big are our imaginary lizards?
PEPSI. Flickr/Mike Mozart. Some rights reserved.In 1979, I was almost seven years old when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan and my father decided to move the family from Herat, my home…
DiEM25 in the footsteps of Altiero Spinelli?
Altiero Spinelli's grave, Ventotene. Flickr/ Jon Worth. Some rights reserved.Mr. Varoufakis: beyond your slogans, what is your practical plan to initiate a surge of democracy in Europe? This question is…
Chris Bertish’s Wild Journey Across the Atlantic On A Paddleboard
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles from land, a rogue wave knocked Chris Bertish off his paddleboard. The impact partially inverted the entire craft and pulled…
Postconflict in Colombia (6). Military and police transition: five challenges
Special forces soldiers march in a military parade. Fernando Vergara / AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.Colombia is currently setting up a new, innovative and unique system of justice for…
Turkish academics deserve solidarity: the fight for academic freedom is global
Istanbul police suspend students protesting against YOK, November 2015. Demotix/ Sahan Nuhoglu. All rights reserved.Following the arrest of 27 academics, and a criminal investigation into more than a thousand individuals…
Syria: to bomb or not to bomb? That is not the question
Complex reality:Tunisians protest against terrorist attack at Bardo museum, March 2015. Demotix/Chedly Ben Ibrahim. All rights reserved. The abhorrent Paris attacks have reduced political and public debate on the ongoing…
A 17-Year-Old Football Player Just Made History—And He’s Pretty Chill About It
When the Arizona Wildcats take the field on September 2 for their season opener against the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks, My-King Johnson will make history. The highly touted 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound…
Plus c'est la même chose: racist connotations of the “new” terror
Candle vigil in southern Beirut to mourn 44 victims of suicide bomb, November, 2015. Demotix/Eduardo Lima. All rights reserved. In the grip of the refugee crisis, the European Union is now…
Bill Gates Explains The ‘Safest’ Age To Give A Kid A Cellphone
Bill Gates sure is strict on how his children use the very technology he helped bring to the masses. In a recent interview with the Mirror, the tech mogul said his…
Political communication, social transformation and democratic alternatives: critique of the Podemos experiment
PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera and Vice President of the Spanish government and Partido Popular Soraya Saenz de Santamaria at a live television…
Turkey: from “role model” to “illiberal democracy”
Click:perfume bottles Avvocato Assassinato. Democratic lawyers protest at the Turkish embassy in Rome at the killing of Tahir Elci. Demotix/Andrea Ronchini. all rights reserved.At the end of an exclusive EU-Turkey…