by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 31 Oct 2017 | Asia, Discovery, Human Rights
Do rivers and trees on Borneo have legal rights? A Southeast Asian court is asked to decide, and the answer is not as simple as it might seem. In the first, second and third installments of this story set in Southeast Asia, we met a U.S.-educated Malaysian lawyer who...
by News Decoder | 30 Oct 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Nationalism
(Photos by Charlotte Crang) The author spent this past weekend in Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, where the regional parliament last week made a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain. This is our latest article in a series on Catalonia. By Charlotte Crang...
by Alan Wheatley | 27 Oct 2017 | Asia, China, Globalization
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has strengthened his grip on power, with far-reaching consequences for China and the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, presides over the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress, Beijing, 18 October 2017 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)...
by News Decoder | 25 Oct 2017 | Asia, Discovery, Human Rights
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. In the first and second installments of this...
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 24 Oct 2017 | Asia, Discovery, Human Rights
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the second installment in a five-part...
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 23 Oct 2017 | Asia, Discovery, Human Rights
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the first installment in a five-part...
by News Decoder | 20 Oct 2017 | Donald Trump, Islam, Middle East, Refugees, United States
We originally published this article in February after Donald Trump took office as U.S. president and said he was not committed to a two-state solution in Palestine. We are publishing it again because of the continuing importance of the issue, which was the focus of a...
by Siddharth Srivatsan | 18 Oct 2017 | Americas, Discovery, Donald Trump, Future of Democracy, Sport, United States
I waded into a raging debate over race relations in America. I emerged battered and bruised — and better able to understand different views. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (center) kneels in protest with teammates during the national anthem...
by Robert Hart | 15 Oct 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy
Leaders in Spain have stepped back from the precipice in their battle over Catalonia’s bid for independence. But resentment persists. Demonstrators supporting Spanish unity wave Spanish and Catalan flags, Barcelona, 8 October 2017 (EPA-EFE/Quique Garcia) This is...
by Brendan Ross | 12 Oct 2017 | Asia, Discovery, Eyewitness
Taiwan has long been a crossroads of empires and a refuge for resistance. I arrived as a flaneur, with few expectations of making local friends. The night market of Keelung City, a major port city in northeastern Taiwan (Drawing by Brendan Ross) Taiwan has long been a...