Graphic created using free Canva elements. “Because we know what we capable of as a society is why we belly hurting so yuh know. We know we selves.” Blogger Rhoda Bharath’s May 10 Facebook status was referring to the disappearance of two-year-old Kyman…
In their own words: Latinas with disabilities turn their homes into pandemic battlegrounds
Photos courtesy of the participants with illustration by Giovana Fleck and layout design by Natalie Van Hoozer. When isolation measures were put in place around the world at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinas with disabilities were no stra…
Amid drought and climate crisis, the Mexican state Querétaro faces possible privatization of its water
The messages read: “It’s not a drought, it’s looting” and “The people of Santiago Mexquititlan demand no more plundering of water. Contracting must be by the people for the people.” Photo by the author, used with permission. Mexico finds itself facing …
Pride or shame? Russian influencers on the war in Ukraine
Illustration created by Global Voices. This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory’s newsletter. Find out more about our mission, methodology, and publicly available data. Subscribe to Undertones. The war against Ukraine is…
Prominent Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot dead by Israeli bullet to the head
“It is not easy to change reality, but I was at least able to carry these voices to the world,” assassinated correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh said in a previous interview about her 25 years of reporting on Palestine. On May 11, she was shot dead by an I…
Turkey’s latest attack on the arts: A provincial governor cancels a long-awaited music festival
Eskişehir Municipality. Photo by Seyfi Şeren licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Just three days ahead of Anadolu Fest a large music festival that was to be held in Turkey’s Eskişehir province, the local governor office announced that al…
Nigerians demand central banker’s resignation for dabbling in partisan politics
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele (R) with Christine Lagarde, then Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in Abuja, Nigeria. Image by IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe, January 6, 2016 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). The partisan decision of…
Exploring the Mariko Aoki phenomenon: Do bookstores make you poop?
Kobunto Antique Books, in its old location opposite Fukui Station. The bookstore has since moved to a new location. Photo by Nevin Thompson. (CC BY-NC 2.0) Have you ever felt the urge to the lavatory when visiting the bookstore? If you have, you’re not…
‘New Kazakhstan’, World Press Freedom Day, and attacks on social media freedom
Rally of the opponents of the ‘Cyberbullying law’ at the Gandhi park. Almaty, April 23, 2022. Photo by Zhar Zardykhan Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevsigned the amendments to the laws on “protection of the rights of the child, education, in…
Could the proposed return of British Virgin Islands to temporary UK rule be a case of pot, meet kettle?
The British flag flies above that of the British Virgin Islands on Peter Island, BVI. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Ever since British Virgin Islands (BVI) premier Andrew Fahie and Port Authority director Oleanvine Maynard were arrested…