Society Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025 Hunting guerillas: Russia’s law enforcement agencies caught an anti-war train bomber largely by chance In April, in an effort to counter acts of sabotage against the country’s railways, it emerged that Russia’s… Alex Johnson
Society Apr 23, 2025Apr 23, 2025 Putin’s team player: Russian propaganda is capitalizing on new NHL all-time goals leader Alexander Ovechkin On April 16, 2025, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser officially proclaimed April 11 “Alex Ovechkin Day.” The news… Alex Johnson
Society Apr 18, 2025Apr 18, 2025 Eyes open, minds shut: How the Israeli army missed the October 7 attack In late February, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began releasing reports from internal investigations into the failures that… Alex Johnson
Society Apr 14, 2025Apr 14, 2025 Scorched earth protest: Russia’s environmental activists are plowing on despite repression Sergei Ilnitsky (EPA-EFE) Late last year, the Moscow Government passed directives deregulating real estate development and renovation in… Alex Johnson
Society Apr 08, 2025Apr 08, 2025 Wiki Wars: Editors and propagandists are fighting for influence over the online encyclopedia’s most controversial entries This past March, researchers from the Anti-Defamation League accused Wikipedia of biased coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They… Alex Johnson
Society Mar 25, 2025Mar 25, 2025 DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: China joins the AI race against the U.S., but America has a response American artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI has called on the U.S. government to ban the use of an… Alex Johnson
Society Mar 21, 2025Mar 21, 2025 Let it burn: Russia faces risk of massive wildfires this year due to war-driven budget cuts Following a warm and largely snowless winter, multiple regions in Russia are already reporting dozens to hundreds of… Alex Johnson
Society Mar 19, 2025Mar 19, 2025 Pogroms, beatings, threats: A wave of antisemitism unseen since World War II sweeps Europe Exactly ten years ago, The Insider published an alarming report that exposed a rise in antisemitic sentiments and… Alex Johnson
Society Mar 11, 2025Mar 11, 2025 “Pen, paper, and a gun to the head”: how Russia turns Ukrainian POWs and civilians into “terrorists” At the International Summit on the Support of Ukraine, which was held in Kyiv in February, President Volodymyr… Alex Johnson
Society Feb 13, 2025Feb 13, 2025 “They force you to stop being human.” Released hostages on their experiences in Hamas captivity Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume military operations in the Gaza Strip if Hamas militants… Alex Johnson