The Unified Korean Women’s Hockey Team On Its Historic Moment
When fans, athletes, and media on the ground at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics start talking about what the historic legacy of these games might be, there’s one hope that gets…
Reclaiming the right to life: hunger strikes and protests in Denmark’s deportation centres
Farjad and fellow-residents at the Kærshovedgaard 'departure' centre, Denmark. All rights reserved.‘If we return, they will kill us. But here, they are killing us slowly…They don’t care about us. They…
Get out and vote say immigrants. For your future and ours
Promote the migrant vote.When I escaped Sarajevo under the siege at the end of 1993, there was no plan. I had no idea where I was going. I only knew…
Their Catholic University Keeps Shutting Them Down, But This LGBTQ Group Continues Fighting For Recognition
WASHINGTON – It’s a little past 8 on a school night, and CUAllies, an LGBTQ group at The Catholic University of America, has gathered in the student union. The scene…
Attacking Assad: to do or not to do
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (R) and British Ambassador to the UN Karen Pierce (L) veto Russian-drafted resolution on investigation by the OPCW into alleged chemical attack in…
Low-Income Student Enrollment Is On A 20-Year Decline At Public Universities
Over the past 20 years, the cost of education has skyrocketed in the United States. Public universities have taken the largest hit, with the average cost of in-state tuition rising 237%.…
The horror of Syria – the curse on our houses
From 'The Long Season', a documentary from the 'single shot cinema' school of multi-award-winning director Leonard Retel Helmrich given its UK premiere this month at the Human Rights Watch film…
Scientists Help The World’s Top Runners Attempt To Break The Two-Hour Marathon Barrier
“The world is now just 25 seconds away. No human is limited. That’s my message.” – Eliud Kipchoge, elite distance runner from Kenya Who or what limits human potential? A fascinating…
Turkey’s united front against Kurds and democracy
HDP supporters including Selahattin Demirtaş marching to Cizre after thir convoy was stopped by police. September 2015. Wikicommons/Mahmut Bozarslan (VOA). Some rights reserved.At time of writing, it has only been…
Neo-Nazis Slowly Realize This Small Town Totally Punked Them
In preparation for an upcoming neo-Nazi march in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, local residents decided to fight back in a hilariously perfect way: by sponsoring each of…
In pictures: female FARC fighters' daily lives in a demobilisation camp
A FARC demobilisation camp in Colombia. Photo: Kiran Stallone.June 20 is the current deadline for FARC combatants in Colombia to finish handing over their weapons to the United Nations in…
This is why we fight: Interview with Isabel Flota Ayala
Isabel Flota Ayala, indigenous activist from the International Indigenous Women’s Fund (IIWF). Photo: AWID. AWID spoke with Isabel Flota Ayala, an indigenous activist from the International Indigenous Women’s Fund (IIWF).…