Defacing the Three Figures
On December 7, 2021, visitors at Russia’s Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center noticed one painting was slightly off. Anna Leporskaya’s Three Figures, a renowned painting from…
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The War in Ukraine: Disinformation, Memes, & Hacktivism
Disinformation has complicated the war in Ukraine from the start. Russia has turned its efforts towards diverting people’s, attention—particularly its own citizens’—from what it calls…
2022 South Korean Presidential Election Results
On March 9, 2022, South Korea held its presidential elections, between candidates Yoon Seok-Youl and Lee Jae-Myujng. Though the South Korean constitution is similar to…
British and Romanian Sex Trafficking
Content Warning: mentions of sex trafficking, grooming, and rape For decades, Romanian children, especially girls as young as ten or twelve, have been trafficked…
Xiomara Castro — The First Female President of Honduras
After the general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Sunday, November 28, 2021, 62-year-old Xiomara Castro was elected president of Honduras with nearly 51% of the…
The Disappearance of Peng Shuai
On November 2nd this year, Peng Shuai, a famous Chinese tennis player who won number one in doubles by the WTA in 2014, posted a…