The media needs to rethink its role in protecting democracy — rather than just chronicling its demise.

The nexus of radical inequality, social atomization and male victimhood has been exploited before. But why now, on such a scale? To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the...

A conversation with political theorist Mahmood Mamdani on the inherent violence at the heart of a nation-building project, the war in Gaza, and the changing meaning of homeland.

Over the eighty years since Myanmar’s independence from Britain, war between the state and armed rebel groups has been so constant as to seem like the

Over the eighty years since Myanmar’s independence from Britain, war between the state and armed rebel groups has been so constant as to seem like the

Thirty years after graduating from his missionary-run high school near Nairobi, the Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o had gained enough distance to reflect on the lasting effect of colonial education po...

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March, followed minutes later by one almost as big, was...

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March, followed minutes later by one almost as big, was...

Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?

A conversation on the educational empowerment of rural poor in India, and the evolution of Spivak's thinking about state and citizen.

Bannon, a self-declared general of global populists, wants to break the world order. And he’s tapped into something even bigger than Donald Trump himself.

The US president’s cuts to health funding could lead to half a million deaths. They’re part of a strategy to condemn and isolate the country

Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.

An archaeologist traces how rubble from World War II bombings helped turn London marshlands into a footballing utopia.

Abul Kalam, a young Rohingya man, has revealed the harrowing details of his forced recruitment into the Myanmar military. His testimony offers a rare glimpse into the brutal tactics employed by the ju...

Junta restrictions on the delivery of basic medical supplies are leading outbreaks of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, and even HIV, to soar.

The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.

The Burmese pro-democracy activist on what it will take to end the world's longest civil war