Opening a bank account, obtaining a driver’s license, or even getting married—while many of us may take these activities for granted, they are impossible for people without a formal nationality, or so ...

In July 2020, the United States announced its decision to scale back about a third of its military presence in Germany, bringing the number of troops down from approximately 36,000 to 24,000. At the ...

“All of Europe says that there are rights for every human being and we did not see that.” Albagir, a male refugee from Sudan, and one of his co-travelers struggle to cross into Poland. Meanwhile, the ...

The United States government labels them HIDDEN COBRA. In 2013, the South Korean financial system fell victim to a mysterious “WhoIs Team.” The attackers behind the Sony Pictures hack called ...

“War tactics are developed without any consideration for the environment,” said Othman Al Ani, a manager at the Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance. Such is the case for depleted uranium, a ...

Vivek Maru is the CEO and founder of Namati, which advances social and environmental justice by building a movement of people who know, use, and shape the law. Namati works on the ground in six ...

In 1957, a Japanese man named Momofuku Ando created his first batch of flash-fried ramen noodles, utilizing surplus flour given as aid by the United States after the conclusion of World War II. While ...

In April 2022, the world watched as Shanghai, China entered one of the strictest pandemic lockdowns. Although COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, due to the Chinese government’s strict “zero-tolerance ...

China is increasingly motivated to lead the energy transition for key strategic reasons. China’s investment in a future without fossil fuels can be explained by China’s desire to both decrease its ...

Every year, US citizens collectively consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate. While this sweet and indulgent treat is a staple for Valentine’s Day and Halloween, its colorful and shiny packaging ...

Even though scientists knew how to extract the alkaloid cocaine from the leaf, the indigenous communities in the Andean countries were the main group cultivating the plant. As the 20th century ...

Military buildup, battles over economic investment, shouts of independence: these appear at first to be descriptors of Cold War era Vietnam or Yugoslavia, but today, this is the situation in the ...