Why facts backfire in political debates, and what psychology says works to bridge divides and prevent radicalization.

Valdo Calocane is a black man with a long history of severe mental illness. But during a clinical assessment, some years ago, ...

A fresh debate over identity and political terminology has emerged in Manipur, after Thadou Inpi Manipur wrote to Chief ...

More than three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda has undertaken one of the most profound national reconstruction efforts of modern times. A country once devastated by violence ...

These measures are not isolated administrative actions but part of a broader national strategy centered on what Beijing calls ...

Xi Jinping has repeatedly called for the "Sinicisation of religion", requiring religious practices to conform with what the Communist Party deems to be Chinese culture and values - and experts see ...

China, in the official telling, is composed of 56 separate ethnicities. Parliamentary representatives who are Han, the dominant ethnic group, generally attend in grey and black business attire. But ...

Explores personal liminality as a migrant's child, blending Bihari and Tamil cultures into a hybrid identity. Discusses challenges of language, appearance, and religion in negotiating belonging and ...

The northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau is home to 20 ethnic groups, each adding a unique cultural colour to the province’s rich human landscape. Amid deepening integration, local ...