We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.

Deep-sea mining may generate sediment plumes, destroy habitats and reduce the biodiversity that cascades through the food chain, placing fisherfolk in the middle of an uncertain ocean economy.

As I read through the pieces Global Voices’ authors contributed to the August 2026 Spotlight series, “Indigenous Rights,” one common question stands out for me: Who gets to decide?

Je n’avais jamais envisagé de documenter le folklore autochtone tharu avant le départ de ma grand-mère. Maintenant qu’elle n’est plus parmi nous, ses précieuses paroles de sagesse me manquent profondé...

I never thought of documenting the Indigenous Tharu folklore until my grandmother left this world. Now she is no more with us, I yearn for those priceless words of wisdom.

I never thought of documenting the Indigenous Tharu folklore until my grandmother left this world. Now she is no more with us, I yearn for those priceless words of wisdom.

A photo-based report captures Nepal’s devastating avalanche-floods through loss, survival, and absence, as families search for loved ones, homes, and certainty after torrents of mud transformed lives in moments.

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The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world. We are not...

While Assam’s government urged residents to utilize the Citizenship Amendment Act, widespread fears of undermining existing legal claims and forced migrant status led many families to avoid the proces...

Women in community forest groups are transforming vulnerability into sustainable livelihoods by producing eco-friendly leaf plates, supporting environmental conservation, climate resilience, and local...

Join us on August 4th to explore how narratives about Indigenous Right are being discussed and framed in traditional and online media.

Wang Jibing is among blue-collar Chinese workers gaining wider attention for their literary works.

"Pilru — Songs of resistance is a community-led initiative dedicated to documenting, protecting, and reclaiming the handcrafted musical instrument passed across generations by Adivasi Tharu and Kumhar...

"Pilru — Songs of resistance is a community-led initiative dedicated to documenting, protecting, and reclaiming the handcrafted musical instrument passed across generations by Adivasi Tharu and Kumhar...

What journalism, advertising, and PR actually train people to do—and why hiring often ignores those differences.

Buffer zone governance committees have made national parks participatory, but not inclusive Birendra Mahato in Chitwan Canoe ride on the out...

Most of the Tharus became landless when they refused to relocate the settlements inside the Chitwan National Park to thori, their 'refugee l...

Local news from around the world Cuban doctors in Jamaica; secret education for girls in Afghanistan; protest music in Kazakhstan, and much more! View this email in your browser Local news to a global audience We have some wonderful, important, and und...

Dr. Leahcim Semaj Psychologist | Author | Quantum Transformation FacilitatorThe Semaj MindSpa — Where Mind, Spirit, and Science Meet Art. Culture and Resistance There are performances.And then there are declarations. Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was not merely entertainment. It was a psychological and cultural statement — a love letter to Puerto Rico, a hemispheric embrace, and a quiet political meditation wrapped in rhythm. The speculation beforehand asked:Would he be political?Would he bring the hits?Would he bring guests? He did all three.But he did something deeper.

Coore expanded the language of reggae, weaving roots with jazz, soul, funk, classical discipline and global sounds, while never losing Jamaica’s heartbeat. His guitar [...] spoke stories, unity, love ...

Investment firms have put over $100 million into developing risky technologies that could cool the planet with unknown side effects.

Spanish entrepreneur Bernardo Quintero, whose company is at the root of Google's Málaga cybersecurity hub, identified the author of the computer virus that influenced his career.

Deepa Devkota from Sindhuli District has become the first Nepali woman living with a disability to complete a wheelchair bungee jump at the Bhotekoshi River in Sindhupalchok District.

55 likes, 0 comments - sankuchy on December 1, 2018: "The king and the pigeons. Atop a tall column, On a podium grandiose, With a parapluie exquisite, I look at my kingdom, Observe my people, And the...

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Sanjib Chaudhary interviewed Nepali author, artist and activist, Indu Tharu, who translated and adapted Budhani, a novel based on a classic Tharu fable, into the marginalized Tharu language.

For twenty years, Global Voices has connected writers and translators around the world. That work is harder - and more important - that ever.

Sanjib Chaudhary interviewed Nepali author, artist and activist, Indu Tharu, who translated and adapted Budhani, a novel based on a classic Tharu fable, into the marginalized Tharu language.

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