States with abysmal human rights records seek election to the UN Human Rights Council not to advance human rights but to block their realization. This cynical behavior is an aberration that needs to ...

Despite major gains in education and reducing poverty in recent decades, entrenched inequalities are eroding trust in institutions and democratic systems around the world, the UN warned Tuesday.

Over 25 years ago, during my first year in a doctoral program, I recall having a conversation with one of my White male peers. We were part of a cohort of five students: 2 White males, 1 White female, ...

Many people imagine that countries with authoritarian regimes are horrifying places, with populations ruled by terror and indoctrinated to blind obedience by some ...

The amusing photo filter, FaceApp, which uses artificial intelligence to digitally age your face, has gone viral once again recently, with millions of altered photos shared on social media. Even ...

About sixty million Filipinos voted in midterm elections earlier this month, with thousands of government posts on the ballot, including half of the country’s 24-seat Senate. The prediction of a ...

International leaders closed out 2021 by endorsing a global tax deal that aims to stop the so-called “race to the bottom.” According to United States’ President Joe Biden, the agreement “will finally ...

Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage at the UN General Assembly just over a week after an independent UN Commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide — the worst crime under international law.

An international summit on the future of energy security opens in London on Thursday amidst major disagreements over the role of renewables in satisfying the world’s thirst for energy. The two-day ...

A US federal judge on Thursday barred the US President Donald Trump‘s administration and Florida state government from bringing any new migrants to the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” ...

Russians started voting on Friday in a three-day presidential election that is set to hand veteran leader Vladimir Putin another six-year term as the raging conflict in Ukraine spreads further into ...

One thing that nearly all observers of the American economy (and other developed countries around the world) can agree on is that income inequality has increased considerably in recent decades. The ...