Not saying this simply to flatter @zigzackly.bsky.social, as our very first @globalvoices.org Summit t-shirt was manufactured in his home country (where the Summit was also held), but in my view we've never had a Summit shirt of better quality.

Happy 20th, @globalvoices.org! More than a newsroom—a movement. Help us grow louder, bolder, and more connected. globalvoices.org/donate/ #KeepGVStrong

If you don't know what an Ol' Higue is, you need to take this week's Global Voices News Quiz! globalvoices.org/2025/05/22/g...

As someone who was once a full tuition-paying international student in the US, I can only imagine how traumatic it must be to have the carpet pulled out from under you mid-degree edition.cnn.com/2025/05/22/u...

"'"I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses,'" Buscaglia said." 1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!

In this week's News Quiz, the CIA's quest for Chinese spies, a Japanese-based creole, and more! globalvoices.org/2025/05/15/g...

📢 Today, as El Faro celebrates 27 years of journalism, we launch our digital magazine, Central America Monthly. On the 15th of every month, El Faro English will provide deeper answers to pressing questions in our region. beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

Lots going on there, including @ivansigal.bsky.social taking the helm. Congrats, Ivan!

Just got mine.

@globalvoices.org now has a News Quiz! Check it out at globalvoices.org/2025/05/08/g...

If you want to learn more about Facebook's ill-fated Free Basics initiative (né internet.org) that features so prominently in Sarah Wynn-Williams' "Careless People", check out the research @globalvoices.org's @advox.bsky.social section did on it in 2017 - advox.globalvoices.org/2017/07/27/c...

On the @globalvoices.org WhatsApp discussions about Pope Francis' possible successors, someone posted this episode from the days when I produced/hosted the GV podcast. It features 2 of our African community members, one of whom played a cardinal in an Italian movie! globalvoices.org/2013/03/15/g...

"Make sure you don't get so good at survival that you don't forget to live and thrive"—@lokman.org on the latest episode of @globalvoices.org's Global Voices Insights. Watch the full episode at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCIF...

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Authoritarianism is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. Join us to hear voices from the future, discussing their experiences in Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, and Ukraine, live on Wednesday or watch the recording any time~

On this episode of Global Voices Insights, panelists from Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Venezuela and Ukraine share their experiences of life under authoritarianism, offering a timely dose of reality and solidarity.

Global Voices statement on the foreign aid freeze globalvoices.org/2025/01/29/g...

A new bill to remove the ships of Christopher Columbus from the Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago has successfully passed with unanimous support from both government and opposition members in the Lower House. To be replaced by the steel pan! #IslandSky #Caribbean

"President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s." apnews.com/article/bide...

“He was intercepted in the center of Caracas by hooded men who claimed to be officials,” according to witnesses quoted in a press release by Espacio Público.

I love legal pads for their cheapness, decent-quality paper and even their yellowness, but hate that the pages are designed to be written on on only one side. Enter the notebook made from legal pad sheets! A bit over-engineered for the purpose of scrappy note-taking, but #bookbinding makes me happy.

If you've enjoyed a @globalvoices.org article this past year, or been able to access information through one of our translations, or if you value our work supporting Indigenous language activists ~ please consider donating so we can continue and ideally expand our work! globalvoices.org/donate/

Today I finished the 5-year journal I started making 15 months ago. I printed the signatures in September 2023. Then they sat in a pile until yesterday, when I stitched and glued them. And this afternoon I made the covers and bound the whole thing together. The long game is a thing.

In the latest Strength & Solidarity podcast episode, @akwe.bsky.social reminds us that an astounding 100,000 people have been killed so far in Israel's war in Gaza. The episode offers an account of the conflict as experienced from nearby countries. Listen at strengthandsolidarity.org/podcast/47-g...

When—several years after its release—I finally saw "Jaws", I rooted for the shark