On October 5, 2020, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) — Indonesia’s main parliamentary body—passed a long-awaited “omnibus bill” amending existing produc...
While holding Cuba’s first LGBTQ+ friendly mass, Alexya Salvador, a Brazilian transgender pastor, proclaimed God’s love to be radically inclusive. [1] Her words...
The military-led coup in Myanmar has met with widespread protests by people of diverse backgrounds, including Buddhist monks. The demonstrations by the monks ho...
Amidst the cries for proper prevention protocols and the cycle of false alarms and viral resurgence, a new player has emerged in the global struggle against COV...
At the end of February 2021, 2.495 million people had passed away as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Over the past year, public health officials have trie...
Buddhism as a religion is a proponent of equality and typically condemns discriminatory and hierarchical structures in society. However, the involvement of Budd...
Yearly, around 1.6 million tourists, most of whom are young, white and from Western countries, go on holidays to volunteer in the Global South.[1] These so-call...
The right to privacy has existed in international law since 1966, but the improved capacity of governments’ surveillance and spying software in the past decade ...
“I realized that my brother was shot in the head and neck. I witnessed how his soul left his body” – UN News The on-going Syrian civil war has put a huge ...
“The Picasso of Pakistan” has traveled the world to show off his art. He has painted in St. Petersburg, held an exhibition in L.A., and created a piece for the ...
