Explore news for you
Is India’s digital ID system, Aadhaar, a tech solution for a socio-economic problem? · Global Voices
ID systems should allow for social inclusion and human rights Biometric details being captured in an Aadhaar enrolment centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Biswarup Ganguly, CC-BY-3.0) This post was first published on Yoti as a part of Subhashish Panigrahi’s Digital Identity Fellowship. It has been edited for Global Voices. TheContinue Reading
Natives’ or ‘outsiders’? A mob attack in Meghalaya throws questions of belonging into sharp relief · Global Voices
Decades of xenophobic rhetoric has caused friction and uncertainty Night view of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, a hill station in the northeastern part of India. Image from Flickr by Santanu Sen. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The recent attack on six boys from the Bengali community in Shillong has reignited theContinue Reading
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
Is the Future of Wheat Farming Inside and Up?
appeared first on Modern Farmer.Continue 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
An earthquake shook Tanzania. A new law prohibits citizens from speaking about it online. · Global Voices
New online content regulations prohibit certain topics without government approval An earthquake was felt in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on August 12, 2020. Photo by Chen Hualin, April 1, 2011, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0. When a major earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale shook coastal East AfricaContinue Reading
Thirty years after his tragic death, iconic Soviet musician Viktor Tsoi continues to inspire demonstrators · Global Voices
Photo of the Viktor Tsoi wall in central Minsk. The main writing says “Ты знал, что будет плохо, но не знал, что так скоро” [You knew, all would be bad, but what you didn’t know is that it would happen so quickly], inspired by one of his songs. Photo byContinue Reading
Coronavirus: the pandemic is changing our brains – here are the remedies
The novel coronavirus is affecting our brains, whether we've caught it or not. Teo Tarras/Shutterstock Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number of neurological problems, along with anxiety and depression. TheContinue Reading
Coronavirus face masks: an environmental disaster that might last generations
Chris Redan/Shutterstock Face coverings are now a legal requirement in many public spaces around the world. But even before they became compulsory, masks were causing litter problems on land and at sea. One February beach clean in Hong Kong found 70 masks along 100 metres of shoreline, with 30 moreContinue Reading
After its general election, Trinidad & Tobago’s racist underbelly is showing · Global Voices
‘The people, not politicians, move the political needle on issues’ Screenshot of a line from Trinidad and Tobago’s national anthem, which reads, “Here every creed and race finds an equal place,” taken from a YouTube video by Hardeo Roopan. On August 10, Trinidad and Tobago held its general elections. TheContinue Reading