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Asian American community on edge after deadly shooting in Atlanta
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.A white, 21-year-old man has been charged with killing eight people, including six Asian women, at several...
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Iron Dames: The all-female team racing to bring change to motor sports
A black and pink Ferrari coils and loops around the Mugello Circuit, just outside Florence, and guns across the finish line at 170 miles per hour. The roar of its engine echoes throughout the Tuscan...
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Czech Republic may offer justice, compensation to thousands of sterilized...
Irena Szomolyaova was 21 when she was sterilized without her knowledge.In 1976, while giving birth to her third child in a hospital in Chomutov, in former Czechoslovakia, a doctor asked Szomolyaova to...
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Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating...
A group of five Uyghur mothers stood next to a United Nations building in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, holding signs bearing images of their missing children. These mothers say they were separated...
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Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
Walter Isaacson has made a habit of profiling world-changers: innovators who, through their discoveries, upend the way we live. Recently, he’s been preoccupied with individuals who have unlocked what...
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Gender matters in the military
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.January marked five years since the US military opened up combat arms billets to...
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New album lifts up the voices of ostracized women in northern Ghana’s ‘witch...
Facing violence and possible death, women accused of witchcraft in Ghana have found refuge in villages in the northern part of the country.While the remote villages offer sanctuary and shelter, the...
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Gender matters in the military: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, Critical State took a deep dive into how the arrival of women in combat...
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More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
Ashleigh Talbot, a transgender woman, used to hide her identity when she worked at a customer support center in Manchester, England.Almost 80% of her colleagues were male, and the culture was very...
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India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
When major companies like Amazon and Netflix fixed their attention on India, it seemed like a match made in heaven for filmmakers.The two platforms invested heavily in India’s booming streaming market...
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WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on vaccines: ‘We have to solve the health crisis...
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made history after becoming the first African and woman director-general of the World Trade Organization, a crucial international body that helps set the rules of trade between...
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Afghan amb to the US on the Taliban: ‘They are not interested in peace but...
Grieving families buried their dead on Sunday after a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old.The number of...
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For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
When I found out that I was pregnant in early February, Arizona had barely begun its COVID-19 vaccine rollout for essential workers. I asked my midwife what she thought about me getting the shot, and...
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Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42....
Day by day, Felicia Rangel-Samponaro is seeing more migrants arrive in Reynosa, a city in Mexico, just across from South Texas.Tents crowd a plaza in Reynosa. People sleep in a large gazebo.“Once you...
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Women in Afghanistan push for rights and more representation amid ongoing...
Women, as much as any other demographic in Afghanistan, have a pressing interest in ensuring a just and sustainable peace in their country, after fighting hard for their rights for the past 20...
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Sexual violence in conflict: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.A new article in the Annual Review of Political Science by field leaders Ragnhild...
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'Just a respite': Accord to protect Bangladesh’s garment workers gets...
The Accord on Building and Fire Safety in Bangladesh, which was established in 2013 following the deadliest garment industry accident in the world, was set to expire on Monday.But in a last-minute...
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Sexual violence in conflict: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, we began our look at the study of wartime sexual violence through the lens...
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China now allows 3 kids per family, but many couples say they can’t afford it
When the Chinese government announced a relaxation of the two-child policy, allowing couples to have three children, reactions were not quite what the government was hoping for. “We all thought it was...
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Gruesome boarding school discovery forces Canada to reckon with its cultural...
Roberta Hill was just a child when she and five of her six siblings were forced to attend a residential school in Canada. Now 70, Hill was shocked by the recent, gruesome discovery of the remains of...
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