Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

While Tibet may be widely recognized on the global stage, “Xizang” remains largely unknown—to China’s advantage.The name “Tibet” is often mentioned in calls against human rights abuses and depictions ...

Coca has been cultivated and consumed throughout the Andes for over 8,000 years.For at least the past 1,500 years, a portion of that coca has been grown in the Aymaran Yungas region of Bolivia, which ...

In 20th century-Mexico, similar sentiments spread in light of education reforms. Many politicians of the early Republic held deep prejudices against the use of Indigenous languages and pushed a wave ...

The Indian state’s manipulation of social media platforms was also particularly evident during the height of the 2020-2021 Indian Farmers’ Protests.The backlash began when the BJP, in an attempt to ...

The shift to the Latin script was arguably a pragmatic decision—aligning Azerbaijan with other Turkic nations that had adopted the Latin alphabet (such as Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen, with ongoing ...

Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and ...

Perhaps policies that seek to change the significance of tobacco in national culture need to be implemented. This was the approach (almost) taken by New Zealand in 2022, when lawmakers approved a ...

China’s domestic economy has faced persistent struggles since the collapse of a property bubble in 2021, marked by the downfall of Evergrande—once the world’s most valuable property developer. The ...

Lebanon’s proximity to conflicts in Syria and Israel helped ignite its civil war. Following the disputes between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1967 to 1970, Lebanon ...

Imagine the world-famous American breakfast: a stack of pancakes dripping in maple syrup, bacon, eggs, and, of course, a glass of Florida orange juice. But this iconic assemblage is in danger—citrus ...

A Brown assistant professor with over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Jacqueline Nesi has garnered extensive media attention for her work studying the impacts of social media on adolescent mental ...