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 1932 and is estimated to…
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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 a “special operation” in Ukraine….
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 that of the US, a…
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 into the UK for sex…
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 vote. Castro is a member…
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 sexual assault allegation on her…