Mass protests in Serbia illustrate that democracy and clean government are precious ideals in bullied societies ...

In the years following the brutal suppression of pro-democracy protests in Belarus in 2020 and 2021, a wave of politically ...

Behind the lecterns and lab coats, UMass Lowell faculty and staff members lead lives rich with unique passions and pursuits.

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

What’s driving the day in Brussels. By NICHOLAS VINOCUR Send tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @swheaton @EddyWax | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser GREETINGS, this is Nick ...

Today is the last day flags will be flying at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died in Plains, Georgia, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. After Carter's death then ...

Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs on the same ActivityPub protocol that powers open source X alternative Mastodon ...

Pixelfed recently said it’s seeing ‘unprecedented levels of traffic’ to the original pixelfed.social server. Pixelfed recently said it’s seeing ‘unprecedented levels of traffic’ to the ...

A collection of historic flags, some with provocative associations, was removed from the plaza outside City Hall for Mayor Daniel Lurie’s inauguration. By Friday, they were flying again.

A day after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced they would order flags currently at half-staff in their states in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter to full-staff for ...

Despite President Joe Biden’s former directive that U.S. flags would be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day—a continuation of mourning after the death ...

With less than a week until Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump got his wish for flags to be raised next Monday. American flags on public and government buildings are supposed to be flying at ...