Journalists covering protests in US risk getting caught up in police kettling tactic
Journalists caught in kettles can face lengthy periods of legal uncertainty, high legal costs, and job insecurity, particularly if equipment is seized.
West Virginia teachers walk out, shutting down all public schools
Strike over low wages and cuts to benefits will continue on Monday as teachers demand US state takes action.
Off of Tompkins Square Park, a site of women’s tragedy and agency
For over a century, young women—girls, really—with direct connections to 315 East 10th Street faced kidnapping, gaslighting, theft, rape, prostitution, and abuse, but in many cases also found the fortitude to fight back.
US diversity visa recipients say programme must stay
Immigrants who came to the US through the programme say they’re disheartened by Trump’s call to end it.
New York attack: Interfaith vigil expresses grief
New Yorkers gather to show grief in the wake of deadly attack that has instilled fears in the Muslim community.
New European-led initiative against terrorism online could suppress dissent
A new partnership between leaders in the internet industry and leaders from France, Italy and the UK to address internet terrorism raises specter of criminalizing ideology.
Conflict prevention: Will the United Nations return to its roots?
The secretary general is an advocate for reform. But change will not be easy and the case of Bosnia shows how complex peacebuilding can be.
Recounting the Batajnica mass graves through the art of film
“How does one archive or record the details of the massacres of a state that wants to hide its massacres?” Serbian director Ognjen Glavonić attempted to do just that with his latest film.
You can live in Brooklyn for $500 a month– If you don’t mind dumpster duty
Bed-Stuy is home to dozens of housing collectives, providing community and low-cost housing to radicals, anti-capitalists, and environmentalists.
The truth about torture: Depicting CIA abuses in ‘The Torture Report’
In a new graphic novel, authors grapple with CIA interrogation and torture techniques and the shadow they cast while the War on Terror rages on.
Analysis: Ethnic politics are destroying Bosnia
Decades after the end of the Bosnian War, politicians preserve divisions.
Review: Sarajevo’s overwhelming past and uncertain future
Danis Tanović’s new movie “Smrt u Sarajevu” is a satire on modern-day Bosnia-Herzegovina.