The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first ...

It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions ...

In the second episode of the What Now series created by Auden Goldblatt, we catch up with BPR interview directors Ciara Leonard & Raghav Ramgopal on some very (mostly) serious news.

The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the ...

At the crux of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a story of greatness and growth out of suffering and shame. From 1839 until 1949, China was subjected to defeat, intervention, and exploitation ...

In an era characterized by intense political polarization, it would seem bizarre to equate the far right and the far left. After all, political ideologies are often imagined as a straight line ...

Hailed as the “Miracle on the Han River,” South Korea’s rapid growth transformed the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the largest and most innovative. Today, the country ...

Social media has transformed feminism into a set of contrasting lifestyle trends: The ambitious, career-driven “girlboss” and the traditionally submissive “tradwife.” The girlboss celebrates financial ...

US Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Michigan’s newly elected junior senator. After serving three successive terms representing Michigan’s 7th and 8th Congressional districts, she outperformed Kamala ...

Shilpi Agarwal is the Legal Director at the ACLU of Northern California. A seasoned civil-rights attorney, Agarwal began her career as a clerk in the Southern District of Texas and United States Court ...

“Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state ...

J. Brian Atwood is an American diplomat and educator whose six-decade career reflects a lifetime of work across US foreign policy and international development. He began his public service as a ...