By Jill Parreno, writing from Clemson University. (This article was originally printed in the Spring 2026 edition of our print magazine. To see the entire magazine, click here.) In 1975, Ferdinand Marcos told Amnesty International in an interview that his administration had arrested over 50,000 Filipinos over the martial law period. Many decades later, stories of those victims remain buried—overshadowed by narratives that continue to glorify the Marcos era. Many would wonder

By Sara Adkins, reporting from Almaty, Kazakhstan through the University of Georgia's Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone program. (This article was originally printed in the Spring 2026 edition of our print magazine. To see the entire magazine, click here.) At the end of December 2019, the People’s Republic of China reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology. Not even three months later, on March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the outbr

Briggs Murray On January 23, 2025, at a time when the biting cold would entice most Americans to huddle around their crackling fireplaces, on the other side of the world something remarkable was underway. In the sweltering tropical air of Bangkok, Thailand, over 100 couples withstood the discomforting heat of midday as they proudly filed into a shopping mall. This mall, the Siam Paragon, appeared quite ordinary on any normal day – its glass facade and golden trimming camou

Matthew Ployhart During a presidential address on April 14, 2021, American President Joe Biden announced his intention to withdraw...