In 2013, Russia passed the “Gay Propaganda” law, which aims to instill “traditional values” in children by censoring accessible information about the LGBTQ+ community, gender identity, and queer representation. This ban has impacted the information available on television, press, and the internet, and has prevented pride marches from taking place
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, its casualties have disproportionately been made up of minorities from across the Russian Federation, among them Buryats, Dagestanis, Kalmyks, and Tyvans. These minority groups, often from poor and remote parts of the country, make up an inordinate amount of Russia’s army, and as anthropologist
On August 1st, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of disgraced Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., ruled out the Philippines’ rejoining the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.), on the basis that the court’s prosecutorial plans are to resume an investigation into the previous government’s “war on drugs.” This decision remains in line
Senate Democrats appear close to passing a significant portion of President Biden’s domestic agenda after announcements that both Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona will support the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation stands at a critical junction in the global effort to combat climate change, containing
This week, three people, including journalist Ernesto Mendez, have been shot dead in a bar in San Luis de la Paz bringing the total number of journalists killed in Mexico this year to 13. Armed gunmen stormed the bar Mendez owned on 2nd August. Mendez was the director of the
