Mratt Kyaw Thu received the prize for his courageous coverage of ethnic and religious conflict in Burma’s borderlands
Democracy Culture articles
This Democracy Culture archive combines interesting culture, lifestyle, celebrities, weird news, and humor related to democracy. Democracy is a part of nature itself, a way of group decision making that is revolutionary in its application to political power. Democracy exists as part of our culture and is reflected in surprising ways throughout. These stories highlight the many expressions of democracy in everyday life. Also see our Political Art section.
A new Lebanese historical film has become a national obsession
Many called for film “The Insult” to be banned. Jordan and the seven Persian Gulf countries complied.
Iraqi book culture returns to ruins of post-war Mosul
Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls — Mosul’s cultural scene is back in business
Why voting by British Monarchs is considered unconstitutional
Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of the royal family members have a reason why they don’t vote. There is no law that prohibits Her Majesty and the rest of the royal family members from voting. But it is believed that the queen as the head of the state doesn’t vote, along with her family […]
YouTube to label government funded videos
YouTube said that it would start labeling news broadcasters’ videos that receive at least some government funding
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists receive Nobel nomination
Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
VIDEO: There are 264 million young people not in school
The number of school-age children around the world who are not in school has been decreasing
The Forgotten Female Revolutionaries Behind Black History Month
Too often, however, Black History Month focuses on black men, sidelining black women and diminishing their accomplishments.
After Putin-in-bullets, Exiled Ukrainian artists coin Trump
They shot to fame in 2015 with a portrait of Vladimir Putin made of bullet shells from the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. Now, the two Ukrainian artists are back with a portrait of Donald Trump made from coins and poker chips. Threats forced Daria Marchenko, 35, and Daniel Green, 34, to leave their homeland […]
On the road with the first Nigerian mobile library
Funmi Ilori drives vans packed with books to poor areas of Lagos to help children discover a love of reading