“The Troublemaker” is a brisk account of the life and work of Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and democracy activist currently on trial for national security offenses.

The Israeli prime minister remains in power.

© Pool photo by Menahem Kahana

The Israeli prime minister remains in power.

Georgia is lurching toward authoritarianism. This may be our last chance to pull it back.

Climate purity is a recipe for failure.

An online campaign has prompted major pad manufacturers to apologize. Regulators said they would consider women’s criticisms when writing new standards.

The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years.

Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”

The former president’s most disturbing statements are not bluster. They are a road map to what he will do if elected again.

Angry at what they view as China’s state-led xenophobia, taught in schools and prevalent online, some people are taking action, even at personal risk.