May 2015

Bhakti Shringarpure
The Digital Savior Complex
May 29, 2015
Patrick Meier’s book, Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response , begins with an impressive seven...
Gareth Davies
Challenging the Mainstream: Velma Šarić of Balkan Diskurs
May 27, 2015
Velma Šarić is the Founder and Executive Director of the Post-Conflict Research Center. She has over 12 years of journalistic experience...
Carl Drott
The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin
May 25, 2015
This article is primarily based on interviews conducted in Syria and Sweden between August 2013 and January 2015. For the sake of...
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Preethi Nallu
Denis Mukwege: “We need to save the common humanity in Congo.”
May 20, 2015
Paris, France: Despite an official end to hostilities in 2003, Eastern Congo has remained susceptible to proxy wars with continued fighting...
Michael Busch
"La Lucha and Human Rights in Mexico"
May 18, 2015
Since the 1980s, lawyer and activist Lucha Castro has been one of Mexico’s most prominent human rights defenders. In a country where...
Danielle Villasana
A Life Ended Too Soon: Transphobia Challenges Health and Happiness in Peru
May 17, 2015
Weighing only 80 pounds, Piojo sat slumped on her bed in a small, dark room thick with damp and stagnant air. There was no light, no window...
Gareth Davies
Passport as Privilege? Forced Assimilation in Russian Crimea
May 14, 2015
Crimea is our common historical legacy and a very important factor in regional stability. And this strategic territory should be part of a...
Dawn Paley
Tlatlaya, Ayotzinapa, Apatzingán: State Terror in Mexico
May 13, 2015
The first attack came at 2:30am on January 6, 2015. Federal Police opened fire on members of the Fuerzas Rurales, who were protesting in...
John Pedro Schwartz
Tierra Caliente Aflame: Part III
May 13, 2015
The third installment of a three-part investigative series. Origins and Fate of the Vigilantes Buenavista and La Ruana, Tierra Caliente,...
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Warscapes
Saudi Border by Bus; Escaping Yemen's war
May 12, 2015
The author, a Yemeni journalist, asked that her name be withheld for the security of her family. Our correspondent pauses to watch tracer...
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