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

Fifty-five years ago this month, Attorney-General Charles Njonjo quietly registered an organisation that would leave a long shadow over Kenyan politics: the Gikuyu, Embu and Meru Association, better ...

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 ...

Anonymity has become part of a lucrative brand for the artist Banksy, but records we unearthed prove his true identity and show the new name he used to travel to Ukraine.

Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using Mandarin Chinese in compulsory education, among other things.

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

This week. the House of Representatives of New Hampshire, one of the states that pioneered public education, passed on a party-line vote yet another bill limiting what teachers can teach. Many such ...

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 ...

Industrial development and income growth have given this stability a solid foundation. Drawing on ecological resources and ...

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 ...

In Kenya, the chaos of our traffic culture is symptomatic of our national soul – turbulent, unorganised, undisciplined, and ...