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Vietnam’s disappearing vintage signs are pop culture remnants of a bygone era
Leer en Español.Since the turn of the 20th century, Vietnam has seen tremendous urban changes. Saigo...
How open data can help the Global South, from disaster relief to voter turnout
The modern era is marked by growing faith in the power of data. “Big data”, “open data”, and “eviden...
International PISA tests show how evidence
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) implemented by the OECD has been controver...
Why we need an international freedom movement
France’s election of a centrist pro-Europe president has offered us all some respite, but, in many r...
Can Caribbean cricket get its (political) groove back?
Caribbean cricket fans were dismayed in early June when, for the first time since the ICC Champions...
How kitsch consumed the world
What is the predominant aesthetic of the twenty-first century? According to sociology professors Rut...
Three things could happen to Lebanon as Syrian refugees rush in — two are worrisome
Syria’s humanitarian crisis is the greatest yet seen in the 21st century. Over the country’s seven-y...
When a river is a person: from Ecuador to New Zealand, nature gets its day in court
In the early 2000s, the idea of giving legal rights to nature was on the fringes of environmental le...