Prior to his dropout from the University of Colorado, Aurora theater-shooter James Holmes had been seeing a mental health specialist at the University. However, school specialists, trained mostly to treat academic anxiety, were ill equipped to address Holmes’s condition. New evidence indicates he may have also called his psychiatrist just minutes before he entered the [...]

“If I die, post these to my Facebook,” Moustafa Salah, age 22, said half-jokingly as I photographed him in a fifth-story apartment one block from Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. He and four friends prepared for their return to the battle being waged below between Egypt’s Central Security Forces (CSF) and unarmed protesters, which has [...]

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff On the evening of Sunday October 9th, clashes between protestors and the Egyptian army left at least 36 dead and over 300 injured, according to Egypt’s health ministry. Earlier Sunday, approximately 200 marched from Shuobra, a large neighborhood on the outskirts of the city, toward downtown Cairo. Although there are variant [...]

By Alex Shams The Arab Spring electrified progressives around the world in a revolutionary momentum unlike any we have witnessed in a generation. Images of square after Arab square filled to the brim with protesters calling for democratic reforms have helped provide those of us struggling to maintain our faith in “people power” with a [...]

Migrant workers erupted in public protest when Chinese authorities allegedly mistreated a pregnant worker. Protestors overturned police cars, smashed windows and set fires near the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou on Monday. The demonstration began late Friday evening when city officials attempted to forcibly move migrant workers selling produce in front of a Zengcheng supermarket. [...]