Fear and Loathing

China: Bloggers, Filmmakers Feel Chill of Internet Crackdown

The rules, which affect social media giants like Weibo Corp as well as small platforms that have thrived in China's buzzing creative online space, are the latest step toughening oversight ahead of the Communist Party Congress later this year, when President Xi Jinping is expected to consolidate power.

Venezuela: LGBTzuela: choosing between the tricolor and the rainbow flag

Above all, Venezuela is my country; my roots and my essence are there. I would love to return and feel the same liberty and solace that I feel here. But things have to change for me to return.