The following story was originally published in Chinese on Stand News. It was translated into English by Global Voices and will be published here, with permission, in five different parts. Part One of the series follows. Between August 29 and September 1, Stand News asked its readers in Hong Kong,Continue Reading
Popular hits are often associated with a specific moment in time, and the concept of vintage, or retro, music has become—thanks to social media—a culture of its own. This is also true for the Soviet musical heritage, and to find out more about its fans, I spoke to Hamdam Zakirov,Continue Reading
This article by Samee Alhwash was originally published on The Battleground and is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Whether in the boycott-French-products campaign on social media or through conversations with friends, Muslims I know feel conflicted about the recent terrorist attacks in Vienna and Nice. While theyContinue Reading
The Trinidad and Tobago blogosphere has been in a heated discussion over the country’s deportation of 16 Venezuelan minors and 11 adults — including nine women — who were reportedly sent away shortly before the group was supposed to have a habeas corpus hearing carded for 2 p.m. on NovemberContinue Reading
Three months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Stephanie L. Blair, a first-generation Guyanese-American, mapped out the concept for Sadie’s Caribbean Alphabet, a book for children who don’t typically see images of themselves in mainstream literature. While recovering from surgery, Blair, an administrative assistant at aContinue Reading
The public discussion around refugees and migration continues in Trinidad and Tobago, following the state’s decision to deport 16 Venezuelan minors and 11 adults on November 22, shortly before they were scheduled to have a habeas corpus hearing. The group was returned to Trinidad and Tobago on November 24, asContinue Reading
Hector Amaya entered the United States illegally from El Salvador in 2004. Despite currently being allowed to live and work legally in the US under the government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS), Amaya lives in constant fear of deportation. The TPS was set to expire for Salvadorans on January 2, 2020, but an agreementContinue Reading