Imagine the world-famous American breakfast: a stack of pancakes dripping in maple syrup, bacon, eggs, and, of course, a glass of Florida orange juice. But this iconic assemblage is in danger—citrus ...

Greenland is an island mired in inconsistencies and ironies. It is named after a color, yet its tundra is a bleak white. It ...

When Americans are presented with the word “coca,” their mind likely jumps to cocaine. In fact, the two are often conflated ...

Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stepped out of a community center in Handlová, greeting a small crowd of supporters ...

Internment camps; raids in schools, hospitals, and churches; and a “small army” of private citizens—efforts are underway to ...

Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and ...

While Tibet may be widely recognized on the global stage, “Xizang” remains largely unknown—to China’s advantage.The name “Tibet” is often mentioned in calls against human rights abuses and depictions ...

Lebanon’s proximity to conflicts in Syria and Israel helped ignite its civil war. Following the disputes between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1967 to 1970, Lebanon ...

In 20th century-Mexico, similar sentiments spread in light of education reforms. Many politicians of the early Republic held deep prejudices against the use of Indigenous languages and pushed a wave ...

US Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Michigan’s newly elected junior senator. After serving three successive terms representing Michigan’s 7th and 8th Congressional districts, she outperformed Kamala ...

The shift to the Latin script was arguably a pragmatic decision—aligning Azerbaijan with other Turkic nations that had adopted the Latin alphabet (such as Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen, with ongoing ...