Asia

Cobalt: The ‘Blood Diamond’ of Congo

Since 1996, over six million Congolese citizens have died as a result of genocidal wars and the exploitative conditions of Western...

Blood on Our Hands: The Price of Fast Fashion

Our constant demand for new, trendy clothing is fueling environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale and propping up an industry...

A People On The Brink

The Rohingya have long been considered to be among the world’s most persecuted people. Now, in the midst of ongoing genocide, they face a...

Kashmir: Land of Lockdowns

This August marks two years since the contentious abrogation of the Indian Constitution’s Article 370 which granted Jammu & Kashmir...

Pwersang Balikbayan: The State of Overseas Filipino Workers amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Razel Suansing | razel.suansing@yale.edu HK Victoria Park Filipino Migrant Workers. July 4, 2007. Wikimedia Commons. As the pandemic...

The Singapore We Refuse To Acknowledge

An account of the human rights violations behind one of the most successful nations in the world, and how Yale and Yale-NUS are defined...

Let’s Get Serious About Girls’ Education in Pakistan

Most girls in Pakistan aspire to “be someone.” They desire education and think of it as a means of breaking free from the cycles of...