Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Big Tech and Authoritarianism
Global Voicesby Global Voices Announcements·13d ago
Technology is deeply interwoven into almost every aspect of modern life. Much of this technology has at least the potential for positive impacts in terms of human connectedness and democratization...
Young Japanese find new outlets for peace activism amid rising tensions in the Pacific
Global Voicesby Jo Carter·13d ago
This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Special Operations Bill and the geography of development
Global Voicesby Kwasi Cudjoe·14d ago
Trinidad and Tobago’s Special Operations Bill 2026 is primarily a response to crime and insecurity.
Bangladesh: Protests can change governments, but can they strengthen democracy?
Global Voicesby Rezwan·14d ago
This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to...
Thai student movement forms ‘Hope Theatre,’ making the stage its new battleground
Global Voicesby Prachatai·15d ago
This article by Tara Abhasakun was published by Prachatai, an independent news site in Thailand. An edited version has been republished by Global Voices under a content partnership agreement.
Pskov’s medieval religious art is being appropriated by the Russian state to support the invasion of Ukraine
Global Voicesby Daria Dergacheva·15d ago
In the spring of 2026, the Pskov Oblast governor wrote in his Telegram channel that two soldiers who died in combat during the Russian aggression in Ukraine have been depicted as icons, which are...
From north to south, protests sweep across Tunisia: Is change at hand?
Global Voicesby The New Arab·16d ago
This article, by Basma Barakat, was originally published in The New Arab on September 18, 2026. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content partnership agreement.
Technology-facilitated trafficking: How Bangladeshi migrants become victims of recruitment in Cambodia
Global Voicesby Zulker Naeen·16d ago
This report features interviews and infographics by Abdur Rahaman, Atkia Fariha, A. K. M. Hasanat Alimoon, Lamesha Akter, and Shanta Akter for the Data Journalism Course at the University of...
Russian TikTokers wanted to vote for an anti-war agenda. Putin's farce elections did not allow that.
Global Voicesby Daria Dergacheva·17d ago
From September 18 to 20, 2026, Russia was holding so-called ‘parliamentary elections,’ which for years have been a sham. They are a sham this year too.
What deep sea mining could mean for Jamaica’s fisherfolk
Global Voicesby Candice Stewart·17d ago
For Jamaica’s fisherfolk, the sea has always been a critical source of food, livelihood, freedom and the future.
The commodification of Indigenous cultures and traditions
Global Voicesby Marco Martínez·17d ago
This post is part of Global Voices’ August 2026 Spotlight series, “Indigenous Rights.” This series offers insight into the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples to build connections across...
How two elections reshaped the India–Bangladesh border
Global Voicesby Zulker Naeen·18d ago
This report features interviews and infographics by Amatullah Sumaya, Aronee Ayub, Nusaiba Nawaz, Sampoorna Ganguly, and Sayeeda Nowshin for the Data Journalism Course at the University of Liberal...
From the streets to the ballot box: What Hungary can teach Serbia
Global Voicesby Istinomer·18d ago
This article by Tjaša Feher was first published in Serbian on Istinomer.rs on September 2, 2026. An edited version is republished here under a content-sharing agreement between Global Voices and...
How journalism inspired a youth-led initiative against online harm in Armenia
Global Voicesby GV Central Asia and Caucasus·19d ago
This article was produced by Anahit Harutyunyan from Armenia through the Digital Spark granting scheme, as part of the Regional Support Mechanism EECA project, implemented by the Metamorphosis...
‘A place of silence, contemplation, and beauty can also become a form of resistance,’ in conversation with Catalan artist Jaume Amigó
Global Voicesby Omid Memarian·19d ago
For Jaume Amigó, painting can be a form of resistance, not by reproducing the violence and disorder of the present, but by creating an alternative space within it.
How Togolese people are reinventing political protest amid civil society crackdown
Global Voicesby Jean Sovon·20d ago
This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to...
Ecuador detains former minister José Serrano after U.S. deportation
Global Voicesby Gina Yauri·20d ago
Following the U.S. immigration system’s refusal to grant political asylum to former Interior Minister José Serrano Salgado, his deportation to Ecuador was carried out under the strictest security...
Street art in Russia is dead and the country is full of monumental war art
Global Voicesby Daria Dergacheva·21d ago
This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to...
The long journey from ‘Indigenous’ to citizen in Mozambique
Global Voicesby Tirso Sitoe·21d ago
Under the Portuguese Empire (roughly 1505 until 1975), the word “Indigenous” was not just a descriptive word for the African population of Mozambique.
The A’uwẽ-Xavante people's denunciation of megaprojects in Brazil
Global Voicesby Guest Contributor·22d ago
This article, written by Djalma Ramalho (Aranã Caboclo), was originally published on the Cultural Survival website on August 17, 2026. It is republished here in an edited version with permission.
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