Andy Murray Is The Feminist Ally Sports Needs Now
Andy Murray, the British tennis pro currently the third-ranked men’s player in the world, used the BBC’s online op-ed page to pen an editorial about the power of women in…
Nicolás Maduro and Perón’s widow
Hugo Chavez in 2012. Carlos Hernandez/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved.Juan Domingo Perón was so distrustful that when he ran for president in 1973, he reinforced his candidacy with his wife…
Are Vaporizers Really Helping People Kick Smoking?
A recent study published by the British Medical Journal suggests that people who switch from cigarettes to vaporizers are more likely to kick their tobacco habit than people who quit cold turkey.…
Two and two do make four
President Donald J Trump delivers remarks during a press conference in the East Room at the White House, in Washington, DC on February 16, 2017. Riccardo Savi/SIPA USA/PA Images. All…
Lacoste Replaces Its Iconic Alligator Logo With 10 Endangered Species
French clothing brand Lacoste has announced that the company is ditching its iconic alligator logo for a limited run of Save Our Species shirts made in partnership with the International Union…
Moscow's armourers and British tabloids
Sukhoi T-50 stealth multirole aircraft at MAKS-2011 airshow, 2011. Wikicommons/ Dmitry Zherdin. Some rights reserved.Russia's forays towards western airspace in recent months have been persistently overhyped, as last week’s column…
Iranian Fashion Designers Give Old Traditions A New Twist
THE GOOD NEWS: While divisive global politics can make cultures seem like a world apart, creativity is a unifying agent that can bring us together. The pervasive narrative surrounding…
Political Cartoon Perfectly Satirizes Trump’s Takeover Of The Religious Right
The religious right has lost a lot of its self-proclaimed credibility over its unabashed love of President Trump. The political movement that once stood for “family values” by strongly condemning…
The killing of Marielle Franco on the UN radar
Protest Against Marielle Franco's murder, in Rio de Janeiro on 15 March 15, 2018. Image: Thiago Dinz Favela em Foco. All Rights Reserved.On March 14th, less than a month into…
Breaking Down Our Bilingual Double Standard
It was medieval emperor-king Charlemagne who said, “To have another language is to possess another soul.” Considered by many to be the “father” of Europe, Charlemagne was a man of…
Catalonia: democracy and secession
Catalonia on strike over the violence of the Guardia Civil preventing the referendum vote on October 3, 2017. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved.For DiEM25 as a pan-European and transnational movement,…
Iconic Female Athletes Share The Secrets Of Survival On #DayoftheGirl
It takes more than guts and grace to keep going when the going gets tough — and yet that’s exactly what champions do, day in and day out, to achieve…