Getting the Insight Out
This article examines how Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention reshaped the way femicide is measured and contested. It argues that reduced political commitment weakened the transparency of state data collection, increasing data reliance on civil society tracking and demonstrating that the measurement of violence is a political process in itself.
The American court system, given the duty to interpret and elaborate upon the intent of the Constitution and its founders, is implicated as a tool of both revolutionary change and status quo-entrenchment. In Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe explains how governing institutions bend to the perspectives, emotions, and fears of the white populace to affirm democracy—and what must be done for a brighter future. Necropolitical analysis privileges Barnes v. Felix (2025) as a possible moment of reprieve, where the oft-suppressed narrative value of Black life is brought into the legal conversation, fostering potential for more equitable race relations in a divided America.
On January 7 2026, Americans across the country had digital front-row seats to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renée Good by ICE officer Johnathan Ross. Neighbors captured several angles More
This September at China’s military parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic musing about living forever. Walking alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Russian leader said, “The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality.” In response, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said, “Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old.”
Advocates of the digital era have promised that this development would set us free: from boredom, from work, from isolation, and from ignorance. Instead, in the age of big data, More
The current military industrial complex is defined by the rapidly developing technological innovations of the last two decades–namely artificial intelligence, systems, and their extension into algorithmic warfare. This article examines how the Israeli-American network of surveillance instrumentalizes Palestinians as data sources and test subjects to further the innovation of algorithmic warfare and solidify the Israeli war economy.
Sudan’s civil war has spiraled into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, as the UAE and Egypt continue to fuel both sides. The international community turns a blind eye on their undeniable involvement.
At the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil, last week, global powers convened to discuss a multitude of strategies to secure favorable agreements for their economies and diplomatic relations. However, as the second-largest emitter globally, the notable absence of a high-level American delegation from the talks creates ambiguities about the future of emissions abatement, even with the progressive policy decided at the conference.
The Hyphen Project embodies the promise of clean energy while revealing how foreign powers can still undermine the economic sovereignty of African countries.
Mexico’s gender parity laws have achieved numerical equality in political positions, but they have not ensured true political power or autonomy for women. Assessing Mexico’s top-down reforms against a bottom-up model like Sweden’s illustrates how real empowerment depends on political culture, not quotas alone.