The world contains 193 UN member states, but far more than 193 nations. From Palestine and Kurdistan to Western Sahara, Tibet and West Papua, millions belong to peoples whose homelands are occupied, divided or governed by states they did not choose.
A deeply considered list of Ukraine war documentaries that explores both Ukrainian and Russian perspectives, focusing on the human cost of a conflict that is still unfolding in real time. These films go beyond headlines to show what war actually looks and feels like for those living through it.
While media attention remains focused on a handful of headline conflicts, millions of people around the world continue to suffer in wars that receive little sustained international coverage. From Sudan and Yemen to Congo and Kashmir, this article explores ten underreported conflicts still burning in 2026, examining their origins, humanitarian impact, and why they remain largely absent from public consciousness.
American history is often taught through triumph and mythology, but these ten powerful books challenge the official narrative and reveal the hidden realities beneath the story of the United States. From empire and propaganda to racism, war, and Indigenous erasure, these works offer perspectives that may fundamentally change how you understand America and its place in the modern world.
Hair is never just hair. From Kurdish braids cut as trophies, to girls punished for afros, to women in Iran cutting their hair in revolt, this essay explores women’s hair as the most intimate site of feminist resistance—where power meets the body, and the body answers back.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is not a conspiracy theory — it’s a framework. This article explores how debt, development, and intervention function as tools of modern empire, and why the patterns John Perkins described are still shaping global politics today.
For more than three decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has experienced one of the deadliest sustained conflicts since World War II, resulting in millions of deaths and the displacement of entire communities. Often described as “too complex” to understand, the crisis is more accurately defined by familiar forces: colonial extraction, foreign intervention, ethnic fragmentation, and the global demand for natural resources.
A newborn taken within the first hour. A mother told she failed a culturally biased test. Decades after the Little Danes experiment, Greenlandic children are still being removed by the Danish state. This article exposes how Europe’s newest Stolen Generation is being created — and why the world must pay attention.
Walter Rodney was a man killed for telling the truth — that Africa’s poverty and Europe’s prosperity are two sides of the same coin. His groundbreaking book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, exposed how centuries of slavery, colonialism, and corporate exploitation built the modern West on Africa’s stolen wealth. Half a century later, Rodney’s words remain as explosive as ever — a call to confront the systems that still profit from global inequality.
Antisemitism is a word that halts conversation, weighted by centuries of violence. But what does it really mean today? This in-depth article traces antisemitism from medieval massacres to modern politics, arguing that while prejudice still exists, the word itself is now often misused—weaponized in ways that distort both history and truth.