politics

Wagner Group, Russia’s infamous paramilitary organization whose first operation was helping Russia annex Crimea in 2014, is well-known for replenishing its ranks with convicted criminals. Its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves no doubt on how the ideal recruit looks like. "He’ll have another fifteen years, or more, ahead of him...

Before the invasion, the Russian far-right was mostly marginalised on the fringes of society, argues Aleksandar Đokić, a Serbian political scientist and former lecturer at RUDN University in Moscow. But now “we have come to the point where we can justifiably claim that the damage done by Putin’s mafia regime has led to a...

Citizens across the world are increasingly participating in social movements, grassroots organizing, and other forms of nonviolent collective action to achieve democratic change. Democracy International provides research-based guidance on how to grow your own movement....

Russian soldiers and their relatives speak about the kind of “training” recruits receive, and the alarming accounts of being forced into suicide missions in Ukraine, abandoned in forests, and subjected to long periods without food or medical attention.

With many facilities in Europe and North America identified as alleged ‘illegal Chinese police stations’, Chinese citizens who have fled repression at home fear they could now be ensnared by the increasingly long arm of Beijing’s law enforcement. “People are afraid that it is becoming impossible to escape Chinese...

April 8 is a day that lives in infamy for media in Iraq. 20 years ago, two American missiles hit the Al Jazeera offices in Baghdad, killing a reporter and wounding a cameraman. Shortly afterwards, American forces opened fire on the nearby office of Abu Dhabi TV, and a United States tank fired at the Palestine Hotel, a known base...

On redistricting, the court ultimately selected a congressional map drawn by Evers. But it was one that leaned Republican anyway, after the court called for a new map that hewed as closely as possible to the old one. A similar and more protracted fight also broke out over legislative lines — and more challenges to the maps...

"All government and private universities "are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,” said a letter signed by the minister for higher education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem.

British nationals and EU spouses say they were told by the British Home Office that children born abroad are not eligible for British citizenship.

“When white Western men kill women, they often claim they did so due to provocation or jealousy. When men in Asia or the Middle East commit such crimes, it is said to be about maintaining the ‘honour’ of the killer’s family and community.”

It’s either things calming down a bit or the calm before the storm. Hopefully the latter. Some normalcy would be refreshing.

Adam Conover made a video on how the Patagonia dude avoided paying billions in taxes, why allowing billionaires to hoard power is terrible for the planet, and how they use their money to buy the public’s love....