Afghanistan - Coming Full Circle
After 20 years, the country’s old regime prepares to come back
Editorials about: battle
World - Twice in the Dust
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
Turkey - A step backwards in fighting violence against women
Ankara government withdraws from the Istanbul Convention
Italy - Calabria, Europe’s Worst Hospitals
A story of the Mafia and an inefficient health service
Libya - The Making of a Revolution #1
The militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, which fought against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for control of Libya in 2011, could hardly be called an army. They lacked a proper command chain, uniforms, sophisticated weaponry and military skills, and yet they stood up to the national army and kept advancing towards Misratah and Tripoli.As the militiamen […]
Libya - The Making of a Revolution #2
In May 2011, Misratah, Libya’s third largest city, had been under siege for three months. Gaddafi’s forces and the militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, fought to control the city in a conflict of unprecedented violence. It caused hundreds of deaths and devastated a large part of the urban landscape, which for weeks has been […]
United States - The Civil Rights Trail
Remembering the Afro-American struggle for equality: with an eye on the present
Afghanistan - The Great Blame
A new peace deal, yet the same old issues remain
Japan - The New Hawaii
How the islands of Okinawa are becoming the Queen of the Pacific
United States - The Chapel of Gay Weddings
What God has joined together, let no one separate