Is moving to Canada the real American Dream? · Global Voices

“American Flag on Canada Day 2008″ by Antony Pranata is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Call it an American’s Canadian moment. Shortly after a remote work meeting at a local café in early February, Victoria Heath, an American living in Toronto, witnessed something extraordinary. A man approached the barista andContinue Reading

‘This is a partisan movement of a partisan nation’: a Belarusian poet reflects on her homeland’s turmoil · Global Voices

Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort. Photo (c): Tanya Kapitonova, used with permission. As events unfold in Belarus following presidential elections whose results are contested by the opposition and a large part of the population, Belarusian artists are speaking out to denounce state violence and express solidarity with protesters. Valzhyna Mort, aContinue Reading

Here's why we crave food even when we're not hungry

Our “food reward” system can seriously undermine our ability to resist temptation. Roman Samborskyi/ Shutterstock Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, or sometimes we suddenly feel like eating something delicious. These intense desires occur even when we’re notContinue Reading