“Human” is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN…
You are viewed as one pathetic “Conspiracy Theorist” if you think the U.S. Government is and has been involved in spraying harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. Chemtrails is what you call them…a term that is often followed by eye-rolls and…
A few months ago, I freed myself from standard-procedure society. I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going…
No regime, however ruthless its leaders, vast its ambitions, or extensive its resources, can tyrannize its subjects without their active cooperation. Every police state ultimately requires the public to regiment themselves—and each other. In the age of social media, successful…
There are many reasons to admire Iceland, but here is another one: it has just sentenced five senior bankers and one prominent investor to prison for crimes relating to the economic meltdown in 2008. And with these two separate rulings…
Two popular Instagram pages have been asking Iranians post these photos - and many are embracing the "KarteMeliChallenge" ("national ID card challenge"). The black-and-white, expressionless ID photos stand in stark contrast to colourful, fun, style-conscious snapshots that people have put…
A gay man has died in hospital 17 months after a barbaric homophobic attack which left him with massive brain injuries. Architect Mikhail Pischevsky woke from a coma a month after the brutal attack in Minsk, Belraus, but never fully…
Today, a child dies every 7 seconds from lack of care. The main reason for this tragedy is the extreme poverty. Michaela is 5 years old. She was born in Grand Anse, one of Haiti's poorest regions. As a victim…
The reason? Simply: When Iceland capped its Syrian refugees at 50, 10,000 icelanders responded by offering up their homes. In the midst of the Syrian crisis, Iceland recently announced it was willing to help with the growing humanitarian disaster by…
Migration can be defined as “a process of moving, either across an interna- tional border, or within a State. Encompassing any kind of movement of people, whatever its length, composition and causes; it includes refugees, displaced persons, uprooted people, and…
"I need to say, I'm tired of Sikhs from around the world being racially attacked because of extremists who are a minority of a whole different religion. Sikhs have been confused for being Muslims, mainly because all that the Media…
It's much more than just helping the monks, it's helping the monks to help the local people - they hv over two thousand people camping in the monastery compound (built for three hundred monks!), and they have to feed them,…
Imagine sipping dirty water filled with feces, bacteria, disease and dead insects but instead tasting pure, clean, filtered water. Instant filtration is impossible, right? Now the LifeStraw by Vestergaard is rapidly changing the way we think about water filtration. It…
Drawn from more than 2,000 nominations, the shortlist celebrates those at the forefront of tackling censorship and threats to freedom of expression. Many of the 17 shortlisted nominees are regularly targeted by authorities or by criminal and extremist groups for…
An estimated 3.7 million people rallied across France on in response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and ensuing attacks that left 17 people dead. More than a million people marched in Paris, making it the largest demonstration in French history.…
Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New York Times and the Washington Post deceive their readers? Why…
Flying first class on Emirates was one of my all-time favorite travel experiences for its sheer luxury, its on-board showers, and its warm, impeccable service. Ever wonder what it’s like to be a flight attendant aboard one of the Middle…
This video challenges the way society looks at people with disabilities. French non-profit Noémi Association invited parents and their kids to play an educational game together on camera. At first, the rules seemed simple enough. The parent-child pairs sat next…
One of the most extraordinary films about Australia has been released in the UK and Australia. This is Utopia, an epic production by the Emmy and Bafta winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia is a vast region in northern…
The cases of the two, Loujain al-Hathloul and Maysa al-Amoudi, were sent to the anti-terrorism court in connection to opinions they expressed in tweets and in social media, four people close to the two women told The Associated Press. They…